Tracey and Cobweb & Begonia2 days, 10 hours ago
You can only change the lights to colours you've earned for that day - each of the wildlife for the day that you spot unlocks another colour until your 8th spot unlocks white (the order is red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet, white).
If you've unlocked different colours you can edit them by clicking the calendar, clicking the Edit Fairylight Colours link, then clicking the light you want to change. Keep clicking, and it will rotate through the colours you've unlocked. When you get to the one you want, hit the green Save button.