Apparently they
finally admitted that they needed more than one color, and also because they thought that adding a limited edition color could get people to finally get a NOOK (
despite the continued BS with the limited space for sideloaded content and the mixed user experience 
).
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/noo...=9780594087496
It does look good though...

Just wish I could get it in red and black, haha.
I saw it while I was poking around for NOOK books to get to sideload onto my Kindle.