Color picker, cannot select grey

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Hi all,

I mentioned this in a previous thread but could really do with some guidance.
I am using the color picker is a project but I cannot seem to select the inner part of the circle. As a result there is no way (that I can see) to select a grey color.
I'm about to change to the text input node and use the color picker on that. Unfortunately it means going through my main script line by line to get it to accept hex instead of RGB. (Gonna take a while!!)

Does anyone know if it is possible to get a grey color from the picker color?

Thanks,
A

Edit:
Just thinking, the color picker is probably primarily designed for use with RGB lights.. I have yet to see a grey RGB light :slight_smile: Maybe that's the reason the option is not available.

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for a simple grey scale you may be better off just using the slider to give you 0 - 100 or 0 - 255, and then a simple function node to make that into rgb by simply repeating the values

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Thanks again @dceejay
I ended up changing to the text input field color picker and using a function to convert the output to RGB.
Works perfectly..
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This is a different project I am working on for my house. I was using a framework called WEBIOPI for years to control the heating in my house but Dashboard has allowed me to give it a steroid infusion.

Heating is controlled with a relay board. Scheduler in the backend for timed ON/OFF.
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Thanks.. I feels good to get it off my chest :slight_smile:

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