Is RGB different than a "7 color" keyboard? - How?

[Row009]

If someone can please answer the question above I would very much appreciate it...

[SpAmRaY]

Could you provide a little more information? Maybe a link to the keyboard in question?

An RGB board can theoretically have thousands (you could even say millions technically) of color combinations depending on controller etc.

I'm not sure what you are referring to as a 7 color keyboard.

[romevi]

Are you talking about a keyboard that can do just 7 colors? RGB LEDs usually can do any color in the red-green-blue spectrum. When saying "7 color," are you referring to a keyboard that has 7 different colors on it spread throughout the keyboard?
When people say RGB, they man an individual bulb can change colors.

[FoxWolf1]

We need context-- keyboard marketing isn't consistent enough to say without it, especially if you start bringing in stuff that has been translated.

[xtrafrood]

Huh, I've heard of two color, three color, and RGB LEDs but I've never heard of seven color LEDs. It exists according to RadioShack. Instead of a controller that can create millions of hues you would have a controller that can cycle through the seven colors? Come to think of it, I had a cheap clock that could cycle through seven different colors.

https://www.radioshack.com/products/radioshack-5mm-7-color-blinking-led?variant=5717572805

[falkentyne]

Yes we need a lot more information on this.
7 colors can either be "multi color LED" with 7 color zones on the keyboard, or can be a RGB LED with basic (beginner level, to be honest) defined steps stemming from pure RGB combinations:

Red, Green, Blue,
Yellow (RG), Cyan (GB), Magneta (RB).
White (RGB), Black (off).

If black isn't considered a color, there you are.
Most "7 color" RGB keyboards won't allow you to mix various channels of RGB brightness levels together.
The Void Ray teamwolf RGB and E-Element RGB keyboards are limited to 7 colors.  There's multiple brightness levels (16 on the void ray) BUT you can't mix RGB channels together so you can't mix the brightness levels at all, so you're limited to those 7 presets.

RGB keyboards that allow you to mix brightness levels per different color channels together can vary between 512 colors (8 brightness levels of RGB)->Corsair basic color palette, Ducky Shine 5 RGB key tapping (hardware) 8 brightness levels, Coolermaster Masterkeys key tapping (hardware), etc, or 262,144 to 16.7 million colors (Ducky shine 5 PWM key hold+release hardware cycling (64 levels R, G, B mixing)), Corsair 16.7 million mode (RGB Strafe only, software only), Coolermaster masterkeys Pro L/S (Software only)

[xtrafrood]

Yes we need a lot more information on this.
7 colors can either be "multi color LED" with 7 color zones on the keyboard, or can be a RGB LED with basic (beginner level, to be honest) defined steps stemming from pure RGB combinations:

Red, Green, Blue,
Yellow (RG), Cyan (GB), Magneta (RB).
White (RGB), Black (off).

If black isn't considered a color, there you are.
Most "7 color" RGB keyboards won't allow you to mix various channels of RGB brightness levels together.
The Void Ray teamwolf RGB and E-Element RGB keyboards are limited to 7 colors.  There's multiple brightness levels (16 on the void ray) BUT you can't mix RGB channels together so you can't mix the brightness levels at all, so you're limited to those 7 presets.

RGB keyboards that allow you to mix brightness levels per different color channels together can vary between 512 colors (8 brightness levels of RGB)->Corsair basic color palette, Ducky Shine 5 RGB key tapping (hardware) 8 brightness levels, Coolermaster Masterkeys key tapping (hardware), etc, or 262,144 to 16.7 million colors (Ducky shine 5 PWM key hold+release hardware cycling (64 levels R, G, B mixing)), Corsair 16.7 million mode (RGB Strafe only, software only), Coolermaster masterkeys Pro L/S (Software only)

AHA! So technically speaking the makers of seven color LED keyboards are saving costs by limiting the user to seven colors rather than providing the full-color spectrum an RGB controller can provide.