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 > Set the color to use for highlighting the modifiers. If unset, will use the
 > default white color.
+
+## Further reading
+
+Starting from the [example][plugin:example] is the recommended way of getting
+started with the plugin.
+
+ [plugin:example]: https://github.com/keyboardio/Akela-LED-ActiveModColor/blob/master/examples/LED-ActiveModColor/LED-ActiveModColor.ino
diff --git a/examples/LED-ActiveModColor/LED-ActiveModColor.ino b/examples/LED-ActiveModColor/LED-ActiveModColor.ino
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+/* -*- mode: c++ -*-
+ * Akela -- Animated Keyboardio Extension Library for Anything
+ * Copyright (C) 2016, 2017  Gergely Nagy
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#include <Akela-LED-ActiveModColor.h>
+
+const Key keymaps[][ROWS][COLS] PROGMEM = {
+  [0] = KEYMAP_STACKED
+  (
+   Key_LEDEffectNext, Key_1, Key_2, Key_3, Key_4, Key_5, Key_LEDEffectNext,
+   Key_Backtick,      Key_Q, Key_W, Key_E, Key_R, Key_T, Key_Tab,
+   Key_PageUp,        Key_A, Key_S, Key_D, Key_F, Key_G,
+   Key_PageDn,        Key_Z, Key_X, Key_C, Key_V, Key_B, Key_Esc,
+
+   Key_LCtrl, Key_Backspace, Key_LGUI, Key_LShift,
+   Key_skip,
+
+   Key_skip,  Key_6, Key_7, Key_8,     Key_9,      Key_0,         Key_skip,
+   Key_Enter, Key_Y, Key_U, Key_I,     Key_O,      Key_P,         Key_Equals,
+              Key_H, Key_J, Key_K,     Key_L,      Key_Semicolon, Key_Quote,
+   Key_skip,  Key_N, Key_M, Key_Comma, Key_Period, Key_Slash,     Key_Minus,
+
+   Key_RShift, Key_RAlt, Key_Space, Key_RCtrl,
+   Key_skip
+   ),
+};
+
+void setup () {
+  Keyboardio.setup (KEYMAP_SIZE);
+  Keyboardio.use (&ActiveModColorEffect, NULL);
+
+  ActiveModColorEffect.configure ({0x00, 0xff, 0xff});
+}
+
+void loop () {
+  Keyboardio.loop ();
+}