Scenes with color bulbs will not activate unless the lights involved are already on

Do you have color prestaging enabled for these bulbs? (You'd have to go to the device page for that bulb, e.g., "Living Room Track A," to figure this out. You will see an option for that on many, though not all, color-capable devices/drivers.) The behavior you're describing sounds a lot like what might happen if you do.

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