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Originally Posted by DNSB
It'd on the left in the image. With 0% brightness, it's just a black blob.
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Indeed, in a dark room, the Kindle Paperwhite is not visible at 0% brightness. Just as in a brightly lit environment there is no difference between a brightness level of 0% or 100% (see attached photographs). One has to be very careful about jumping to conclusions based on isolated photographs out of context.
As far as colour e-readers are concerned, I believe that brightness is not an issue. It is used at higher levels to compensate for the darkness of the screen, but adjusted to your taste it looks the same as a monochrome e-reader, neither brighter nor darker. The obvious difference is in the darkness of its unlit screen, and here it depends on how you use your e-reader and your own sensitivity. If you use it with illumination the problem of the darkness of the screen is non-existent and if you use it without illumination it will depend on your own sensitivity to know if it is acceptable or not. For me it is not acceptable to use any unlit e-reader, whether monochrome or colour, because the screens seem dark to me (much more so on a colour e-reader), but everyone has a different level of tolerance. In fact, if you have read the comments to the pictures that were posted on Reddit about the Libra Colour, you will see that there is a diversity of opinions about it.