Neewer 18-inch RGB Ring Light with APP Control, Dimmable Bi-Color 3200K-5600K CRI 97+ LED Ring Light with Stand, 0-360 Full Color, 9 Scenes Effect for Selfie/Makeup/Party/Vlog/YouTube/Photography

Why it's worth it

This 18-inch fixture runs as a normal bi-color key from 3200K to 5600K, then switches to full RGB when you want a colored wash on the wall behind you. Neewer rates it at CRI 97-plus, and you control it from a phone app or the LCD on the back.

This is the same 18-inch footprint as our top pick with two things added: color and control. The 288 LEDs split into white, warm, and RGB banks, so the light does normal key-light duty most of the time and turns into a color source when your shot needs one. For a lot of streamers, that's two fixtures collapsed into one.

For a streaming setup, that second job saves you money and a stand. Turn the ring toward the wall behind you, pick a hue, and your background stops looking like a rental you moved into last week. Nine scene effects handle the usual pulses and flickers, which earn their keep on a gaming channel and gather dust on a tutorial channel.

From our review of 5 ring lights for content creators

What we like

• +This is the same 18-inch footprint as our top pick with two things added: color and control
• +For a streaming setup, that second job saves you money and a stand
• +Bi-color control is the real upgrade
• +The kit is complete, which matters when you're setting up a corner of a room from scratch

What to know

• –RGB modes run dimmer than white light — that's just how these fixtures work — so treat color as an effect and not as your key
• –There's also more to learn here, and more to get wrong