Is it possible to programmatically change the XDR Display Reference Mode (aka Preset) on macOS?

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Apple's XDR Displays like the Pro Display XDR and the Liquid Retina Display XDR support Display Reference Modes, also known as Presets. These can be changed from within System Preferences > Displays > Display Settings > Presets (After selecting an XDR Display).

Is there a way to get the list of available Presets and change the current Preset programmatically? Whether it's through a script or through an API? It seems like ColorSync is used to change/set a color profile but I don't see any reference for setting a preset within ColorSync.

Documentation for Reference Modes: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210435

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If you haven't already succeeded another way you could start from these Applescript lines:

tell application "System Preferences" to activate
tell application "System Events"
    delay 0.2
    click button "Displays" of scroll area 1 of window "System Preferences" of application process "System Preferences"
end tell

Once you have done so (hopefully successful) move your cursor to the next button or pop-up-button, press Cmd-Shift-4 and:
 take a note of coordinates ([X], [Y]).
 put these into a new script tell application "System Events" to click at {[X], [Y]}.
   This script will in its "results" part show a definition of this (pop-up-) button (must be visible).
 append the definition after the first "click"-line (above) supplemented by click at the beginning (minus: of application "System Events") plus delay.
 Repeat these steps for every "level" of selections you need for your goal.
(I suggest you test the script after every appendix…)

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