Some devices have
grayscale eInk screens, so the color will not show up on those devices.
Grayscale eInk displays have extremely sharp text and extremely long battery life, because they only send power to the screen when changing pages, but they are grayscale right now and their refresh rates are a bit slow.
At present, the eReader market is dominated by two screen technologies:
the grayscale eInk displays found on the Kindle and a few others and the color LCD panels you'll see on devices like the Nook Color.
Not exact matches
eInk has some
grayscale levels, right?
You'll get a good idea of what it all looks like on an
eink grayscale screen.
eInk is limited to
grayscale and no animation, of course.
Pictures are
grayscaled and made to look grainy on the
eInk screen and words within comic books and brochures are nearly always too distorted or small to read.
The new pearl
eInk display is one of the best 6» inch 16 - shade
grayscale display's in the market today.
@msaggie: All
eInk is
grayscale, there is no color and probably won't be until at least next year.
Graphics are somewhat lackluster, which isn't too surprising for an
eInk screen capable of display 16 levels of
grayscale.