Allow changing light color without turning the light on

[LDprg]

The problem

The light platform of homeassistant currently does not allow to set the color without turning a light on. The only way to do this is with Wled and some strange workaround using Presets. However other ones like WIZ or Philips hue there is no way to set the color independent of the light itself.

This feature is for example needed for setting the light color that will appear when turning it on the next time. (I do need it for using a WIZ light as status for my solar energy production and whenever the production or consumption is within a certain range the light just behaves as normal light using a movement senor).

Please implement this!

What version of Home Assistant Core has the issue?

core-2023.12.0

What was the last working version of Home Assistant Core?

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What type of installation are you running?

Home Assistant Container

Integration causing the issue

Light Platform

Link to integration documentation on our website

https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/light/

Diagnostics information

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Example YAML snippet

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Anything in the logs that might be useful for us?

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Additional information

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[tdejneka]

This feature is for example needed for

• GitHub Core Issues are for reporting bugs in Core (existing behavior doesn't work like documented behavior).

• Feature Requests (desired new or different behavior) for Home Assistant Core should be posted in the Community Forum.

https://community.home-assistant.io/c/feature-requests/13

Or vote for the Feature Request if it already exists. https://community.home-assistant.io/t/add-action-to-update-light-state-without-turning-on/461967

Be advised that what you're requesting is only possible for devices whose firmware supports it.

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