I have bought an Arduino starter kit online, everything seem to work but when I try for example to use ifs (and other conditional statements), the LEDs do not turn on. Here is a code for a little project I am currently working on:

int redpin = 3;
int greenpin = 2;
int bluepin = 4;
String color;
String msg = "Insert color: ";

void setup() {
  // put your setup code here, to run once:
  pinMode(redpin,OUTPUT);  
  pinMode(greenpin,OUTPUT); 
  pinMode(bluepin,OUTPUT); 
  Serial.begin(9600);
}

void loop() {
  // put your main code here, to run repeatedly:
  Serial.println(msg);
  while (Serial.available() == 0) {}
  color = Serial.readString();

  if (color == "red") {
    digitalWrite(redpin, HIGH);
    digitalWrite(greenpin, LOW);
    digitalWrite(bluepin, LOW);
  } 
  if (color == "green") {
    digitalWrite(greenpin, HIGH);
    digitalWrite(redpin, LOW);
    digitalWrite(bluepin, LOW);
  }
  if (color == "blue") {
    digitalWrite(greenpin, LOW);
    digitalWrite(redpin, LOW);
    digitalWrite(bluepin, HIGH);
  }

  if (color == "off") {
    digitalWrite(greenpin, LOW);
    digitalWrite(redpin, LOW);
    digitalWrite(bluepin, LOW);  
  }
}

I tried turning on the RGB LED with single digitalWrite() functions and it works. I think that the if statements in the code are the problem. I`m using an Arduino MEGA 2560 BTW.

I have bought an Arduino starter kit online. Everything seem to work, but when I try for example to use ifs (and other conditional statements), the LEDs do not turn on. Here is the code for a little project I am currently working on:

int redpin = 3;
int greenpin = 2;
int bluepin = 4;
String color;
String msg = "Insert color: ";

void setup() {
  // put your setup code here, to run once:
  pinMode(redpin,OUTPUT);  
  pinMode(greenpin,OUTPUT); 
  pinMode(bluepin,OUTPUT); 
  Serial.begin(9600);
}

void loop() {
  // put your main code here, to run repeatedly:
  Serial.println(msg);
  while (Serial.available() == 0) {}
  color = Serial.readString();

  if (color == "red") {
    digitalWrite(redpin, HIGH);
    digitalWrite(greenpin, LOW);
    digitalWrite(bluepin, LOW);
  } 
  if (color == "green") {
    digitalWrite(greenpin, HIGH);
    digitalWrite(redpin, LOW);
    digitalWrite(bluepin, LOW);
  }
  if (color == "blue") {
    digitalWrite(greenpin, LOW);
    digitalWrite(redpin, LOW);
    digitalWrite(bluepin, HIGH);
  }

  if (color == "off") {
    digitalWrite(greenpin, LOW);
    digitalWrite(redpin, LOW);
    digitalWrite(bluepin, LOW);  
  }
}

I tried turning on the RGB LED with single digitalWrite() functions and it works. I think that the if statements in the code are the problem.

I`m using an Arduino Mega 2560 BTW.

int redpin=3;
int greenpin=2;
int bluepin=4;
String color;
String msg="Insert color: ";

void setup() {
  // put your setup code here, to run once:
  pinMode(redpin,OUTPUT);  
  pinMode(greenpin,OUTPUT); 
  pinMode(bluepin,OUTPUT); 
  Serial.begin(9600);
}

void loop() {
  // put your main code here, to run repeatedly:
  Serial.println(msg);
  while(Serial.available()==0){}
  color=Serial.readString();

  if(color=="red"){
    digitalWrite(redpin, HIGH);
    digitalWrite(greenpin, LOW);
    digitalWrite(bluepin, LOW);
  } 
  if(color=="green"){
    digitalWrite(greenpin, HIGH);
    digitalWrite(redpin, LOW);
    digitalWrite(bluepin, LOW);
  }

    if(color=="blue"){
    digitalWrite(greenpin, LOW);
    digitalWrite(redpin, LOW);
    digitalWrite(bluepin, HIGH);
  }

  if(color=="off"){
    digitalWrite(greenpin, LOW);
    digitalWrite(redpin, LOW);
    digitalWrite(bluepin, LOW);  
  }
}

int redpin = 3;
int greenpin = 2;
int bluepin = 4;
String color;
String msg = "Insert color: ";

void setup() {
  // put your setup code here, to run once:
  pinMode(redpin,OUTPUT);  
  pinMode(greenpin,OUTPUT); 
  pinMode(bluepin,OUTPUT); 
  Serial.begin(9600);
}

void loop() {
  // put your main code here, to run repeatedly:
  Serial.println(msg);
  while (Serial.available() == 0) {}
  color = Serial.readString();

  if (color == "red") {
    digitalWrite(redpin, HIGH);
    digitalWrite(greenpin, LOW);
    digitalWrite(bluepin, LOW);
  } 
  if (color == "green") {
    digitalWrite(greenpin, HIGH);
    digitalWrite(redpin, LOW);
    digitalWrite(bluepin, LOW);
  }
  if (color == "blue") {
    digitalWrite(greenpin, LOW);
    digitalWrite(redpin, LOW);
    digitalWrite(bluepin, HIGH);
  }

  if (color == "off") {
    digitalWrite(greenpin, LOW);
    digitalWrite(redpin, LOW);
    digitalWrite(bluepin, LOW);  
  }
}