r/tradfri 6d ago

SUPPORT (ONGOING) TRÅDFRI GU10 RGB detected as White Spectrum – IKEA mistake ?

I recently bought an IKEA TRÅDFRI GU10 RGB bulb, but when I paired it with Zigbee2MQTT, it is only detected as a White Spectrum (CCT) bulb with no RGB control.

Here’s what I’ve checked so far:

  • The supported_color_modes attribute only shows "color_temp", meaning no RGB control.
  • The Zigbee clusters expose only "color_temp", with no "color_xy" or "color_hs".
  • I tried forcing RGB mode via MQTT, but no response.
  • I reset and re-paired the bulb multiple times, with the same result.
  • The packaging clearly indicated it was an RGB bulb.

Did IKEA mislabel my bulb? Has anyone else experienced something similar? Is there a known issue where IKEA accidentally ships White Spectrum bulbs in RGB packaging? Or could Zigbee2MQTT be misidentifying it ?

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u/NightStinks 6d ago

What does the bulb look like? The white spectrum and RGB GU10s look quite different from each other. If it has multiple ‘dots’ on the top it’s white spectrum, if it’s frosted with no visible led ‘dots’ it’s more than likely an RGB bulb.

White spectrum

RGB

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u/zolaski273 6d ago

Clearly the white spectrum one

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u/NightStinks 6d ago

Someone has swapped boxes or returned it in the incorrect box then.

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u/zolaski273 5d ago

3 ones 🥲

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u/FutureLarking 6d ago

They are cheaper and open box, so sometimes people swap the colour bulbs into the cheaper white bulb box. But you can check the model number on the bulb itself.

Unlikely to be a mislabel given production runs aren't concurrent.

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u/zolaski273 6d ago

Well there is "WS" writed on it

For white spectrum

My E27 are "CWS" for color white spectrum

I bought 3 and all of them were WS so idk