# Sensor LED color not matching measured aqi

**URL:** <https://community.purpleair.com/t/sensor-led-color-not-matching-measured-aqi/6672>\
**Category:** Sensors\
**Created:** [September 23, 2023, 12:07am UTC](https://community.purpleair.com/t/sensor-led-color-not-matching-measured-aqi/6672 "2023-09-23T00:07:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![BurlyMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@BurlyMan](https://community.purpleair.com/u/BurlyMan)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2023, 12:07am UTC](https://community.purpleair.com/t/sensor-led-color-not-matching-measured-aqi/6672/1 "2023-09-23T00:07:33Z")

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New user…  
Curious why my LED on my sensor is not the same color as air quality map show. I picked the option to show aqi when configuring the sensor. Sensor is green when aqi measured is 178.

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**Author:** ![Kieran](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.purpleair.com/kieran/32/6220_2.png) [@Kieran](https://community.purpleair.com/u/Kieran)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2023, 7:28pm UTC](https://community.purpleair.com/t/sensor-led-color-not-matching-measured-aqi/6672/2 "2023-09-27T19:28:28Z")

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Hi @BurlyMan

We would love to look into this more. Could you send an email to [contact@purpleair.com](mailto:contact@purpleair.com) detailing what you have observed so far?

Thank You