Thread: The greyness of E-ink?
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Old 01-11-2010, 01:16 AM   #4
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Originally Posted by Happymonster View Post
Just a quick question.. The articles I have read have explained about how E-ink works with the microballs of black and white particles, so that the display can show black, white or greyscale (via a lesser charge).

However the white in all readers seems a lightish grey to me, rather than approaching the white of paper. Is there a technical issue why the particles can't be a brighter white? I haven't seen this discussed or mentioned in anything I have read so far about E-ink?
A light grey screen hasn't been an issue for me. I actually prefer it over a pure white screen because it is much less glaring to my eyes. I will second a previous poster's comments about paperback book pages not being white either, rather they tend to be slightly brown which is easier for me to read for the same reason.
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