Thread: Color eink: maybe now they really do it?
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Old 12-01-2019, 10:25 AM   #27
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Originally Posted by azayn View Post
I would argue that the market segment that e-ink currently caters to is the same one that would be interested in color e-ink. To me, color is just the next phase in the evolution of e-reader technology. In fact, it would probably help the ebook reader base grow because it would appeal to a wider range of readers than monochrome e-ink.
What is the roadmap to that next phase? No matter how brilliantly red, white, or blue you can make an individual eink subpixel, it will be next to three or more "white" subpixels. Multicolor eink is fundamentally limited to pastels, lightish grays, and various shades of mud.
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