The RMT peripheral of the ESP32 is used for controlling up to 8 LED "strands" (in whatever form factor the serially-chained LEDs are placed). These strands are independently controlled and buffered.
Abstract: This paper proposes a retinex theory-based approach to RGB-to-RGBW conversion that preserves the human color perception within a pre-determined level of color distortion for RGBW displays.