From 339c26c815f58e8702981b09fe471e2edded44b8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Clyde Stubbs <2366188+clydebarrow@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2025 10:51:34 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] [color][lvgl] Allow Color to be used for lv_color_t (#10016)

---
 esphome/core/color.h                    | 10 ++++++++++
 tests/components/lvgl/lvgl-package.yaml |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/esphome/core/color.h b/esphome/core/color.h
index 2b307bb438..5dce58a485 100644
--- a/esphome/core/color.h
+++ b/esphome/core/color.h
@@ -1,8 +1,13 @@
 #pragma once
 
+#include "defines.h"
 #include "component.h"
 #include "helpers.h"
 
+#ifdef USE_LVGL
+#include "esphome/components/lvgl/lvgl_proxy.h"
+#endif  // USE_LVGL
+
 namespace esphome {
 
 inline static constexpr uint8_t esp_scale8(uint8_t i, uint8_t scale) {
@@ -33,6 +38,11 @@ struct Color {
     uint32_t raw_32;
   };
 
+#ifdef USE_LVGL
+  // convenience function for Color to get a lv_color_t representation
+  operator lv_color_t() const { return lv_color_make(this->r, this->g, this->b); }
+#endif
+
   inline constexpr Color() ESPHOME_ALWAYS_INLINE : raw_32(0) {}  // NOLINT
   inline constexpr Color(uint8_t red, uint8_t green, uint8_t blue) ESPHOME_ALWAYS_INLINE : r(red),
                                                                                            g(green),
diff --git a/tests/components/lvgl/lvgl-package.yaml b/tests/components/lvgl/lvgl-package.yaml
index 853466c9cc..7cd2e2b93e 100644
--- a/tests/components/lvgl/lvgl-package.yaml
+++ b/tests/components/lvgl/lvgl-package.yaml
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ lvgl:
     - id: date_style
       text_font: roboto10
       align: center
-      text_color: color_id2
+      text_color: !lambda return color_id2;
       bg_opa: cover
       radius: 4
       pad_all: 2