How do I shut off Mood lighting strip? Like it hate it?

Oh wow, I thought there was a White option. I am guessing it is a light blue color that appears "Cool White" in certain conditions in photos and videos? Blue might be just as bad as Red but I guess I can try. As Obi Wan Kenobi once said: "Red is really not my color!" Is there anything in the settings to change the colors or have these been single color strips built in from the beginning?

 

Single color from beginning. Some owners of LE/SE cars have added LED strip lighting instead of factory lighting. They don't get the notification flashing, but RGB strips allow them to choose whatever color they want. And you could probably find a strip that flickers so fast you can't see it. The strips have adhesive backing(or the owners added it) and they are just stuck on top of the factory light. I think there's a thread about it in the mod subforum, but it's probably a few pages down(I think the owner did it in late 2023 or some time in 2024). It's not quite as clean as a factory install, but it gives an owner more options.

 

Okay NOW this is ALL starting to come together. Why no one has shown photos nor videos of changing the colors on the original lighting, why they flicker SO MUCH! I know not everyone is not an IT Major nor as tech savvy and technical as I am hear be out. Single color LED's are the lowest quality and cheapest LED's out there. THE SMD's are pitifully designed and just boarder line "Good Enough" to make out of the factories. This is one of the main reasons why they flicker so much.

I have come across that thread somewhere when I was found this one. I think it was on here, there is similar topic on Reddit. Someone was installing aftermarket strips. That person was able to get the notification lighting working by plugging the strip(s) into the middle connector. At lest that is what I got from it. I also kind of got the idea that even though the lower trims do not come with the lighting strips they still have all the power and data connections hidden inside the dashboard. At least that is what I believe I read as I skimmed it. I think that is how I learned to unplug it. Which thank goodness my partner does not seems to mind. He knows how much it frustrates me especially after prolonged night time driving. I think he kind of experiences the eye fatigue as well. In fact I think most people can perceive it and are just not aware of it. It is just us Autistic ones that cannot tune it out.

I guess the next thing to do is try the Blue lighting and if that doesn't work not work, consider just no lighting and "learn to adapt" to not having that very nice notification. I lived without it most of my life, I can do it again, I think.... My Second Generation Prius obviously does not have it when I go back to driving it and I seem to manage.