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Bipodal ligand 5,15-bis(4-carboxyphenyl) porphyrin (H${}_{\mathrm{\text{4}}}$DCPP) was designed and synthesized. By adjusting the molar ratio of H${}_{\mathrm{\text{4}}}$DCPP, ancillary ligand 4,4-bipyridine (bpy) and zinc acetate salts, three novel coordination assemblies, namely, zero-dimensional dimeric [Zn${}_{\mathrm{\text{2}}}$(H${}_{\mathrm{\text{2}}}$DCPP)${}_{\mathrm{\text{2}}}$ ·bpy] ·4H${}_{\mathrm{\text{2}}}$O ·4DMF (Zn-D), two-dimensional polymeric {[Zn${}_{\mathrm{\text{2}}}$(DCPP) ·bpy${}_{\mathrm{\text{0.5}}}$ ·H${}_{\mathrm{\text{2}}}$O ·DMF${}_{\mathrm{\text{0.5}}}$] ·solvent}${}_{\mathrm{\text{n}}}$ (Zn-2D), and three-dimensional polymeric [Zn${}_{\mathrm{\text{2}}}$(DCPP) ·bpy${}_{\mathrm{\text{0.5}}}$]${}_{\mathrm{\text{n}}}$ (Zn-3D) were assembled. Due to the delicate integration of multiple chromophores in the coordination space combining bpy, DCPP and MLCT emissions together, photoluminescence (PL) of the three porphyrin-zinc coordination assemblies differ from each other and color tone is tunable from blue to orange with changes of the excitation wavelength. In particular, white light emission (WLE) can be observed by the excitation of 270 to 290 nm, representing the first examples of single component WLE compounds based on porphyrin ligands. Furthermore, temperature-dependent luminescence results in a linear $I$–$T$ relationship in Zn-2D and Zn-3D assemblies, applicable for long wavelength red-emitting thermometers.