Change default UX light color temperature units to Kelvin #12599
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I just created my first scene in HA after using ST for years. I went to set the color temperature of some lights and I thought I messed something up since the values were in the 100's vs. 1000's. Using Kelvin in the UI seems like a no-brainer if we want to lower barriers to entry and welcome less technical users to the platform. This is for two reasons:
After giving this (https://visualsproducer.wordpress.com/2020/11/29/mireds-versus-degrees-kelvin-for-colour-temperature/#:~:text=The%20formula%20to%20go%20from,2700K%20equals%20370%20mired%2C%20etc.) a quick read it seems the simple implementation would be to change the UI frontend to a Kelvin scale and then set the mired on the backend to 1,000,000/the UI K (e.g. 3000K = 333mired).
Here's the backend discussion about mireds vs. Kelvin: home-assistant/architecture#564
While waiting for the architecture to catch up, it seems the front end could be modified to adjust at the UI (1,000,000/mired) or (1,000,000/K) depending on which way you're going. In other words, if all the integrations are currently built using mireds, don't change anything on the backend...just change the frontend to accept K from the user and output mired to the backend (and vice versa for changes made external to that session).
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