Dashboard Tile Color Based On Value

Hi folks,
Noobie here, few weeks into using the HE as our smart home hub.

I'm trying to set up a tile on our dashboard to show the status of our washing machine. I'm trying to figure out how to make a tile that turns green when the washer is on AND isn't clickable.

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In the screen grab above you can see 3 things I've tried:

  • 1st tile is the "Power Meter" templated on a smartthings plug on the washer. Can I change it's color to green when above 4 watts?
  • 2nd tile is a Virtual Switch that is "pushed" by the Better Laundry Monitor. It turns green, which is what I want, but is clickable to virtually turn off, which I don't want incase it's clicked by mistake.
  • 3rd tile is the "Attribute" template on the Virtual Switch. Like the 1st tile, I can't seem to control the color based on the attribute. This is the one I'd love to be able to control the color of based on On or Off since it's not clickable (by mistake).

I feel like I'm close, maybe just missing the proper template that will allow me to show a switch status, change it's color and not be clickable.

thanks for the help,
Jason

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