Book Covers are all black and white

Tarana · 02-02-2026, 12:00 AM

For my main Calibre library, all the books in the Book Browser are in black and white. They used to be in color. The other libraries are fine. Obviously, I changed some setting, but can't figure out what to do to get it back to color.

kovidgoyal · 02-02-2026, 01:47 AM

There is no setting that makes covers black and white as far as I know. Are the actual covers black and white or just howthey look in some view?

Tarana · 02-02-2026, 11:10 AM

To answer your question, they were black and white in both the Book Browser view and the individual book view. A further mystery. I opened the library, still all black and white. Then sorted by author looking for a specific author. Calibre quit unexpectedly. Restarted and most of the books are now in color again. 5 or 6 remained in black and white. I moved one to another library. Still black and white. I'll try moving a book to a tablet today and see if that is in color or black and white. Still stumped as to why the color returned to the rest of the books.

Sirtel · 02-02-2026, 12:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Tarana

To answer your question, they were black and white in both the Book Browser view and the individual book view. A further mystery. I opened the library, still all black and white. Then sorted by author looking for a specific author. Calibre quit unexpectedly. Restarted and most of the books are now in color again. 5 or 6 remained in black and white. I moved one to another library. Still black and white. I'll try moving a book to a tablet today and see if that is in color or black and white. Still stumped as to why the color returned to the rest of the books.

Do you have an eink device connected? Covers are black and white in the Device view.

JSWolf · 02-02-2026, 03:22 PM

Are the covers in the books in color or B&W?

02-02-2026, 12:00 AM	#1
Tarana Wizard Posts: 4,081 Karma: 38843852 Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Minneapolis Device: PWSE, Voyage, K3, HDX, KBasic 7 & 8, Nook Glo3, Echos, Nanos	Book Covers are all black and white For my main Calibre library, all the books in the Book Browser are in black and white. They used to be in color. The other libraries are fine. Obviously, I changed some setting, but can't figure out what to do to get it back to color.

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02-02-2026, 01:47 AM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,995 Karma: 29579720 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	There is no setting that makes covers black and white as far as I know. Are the actual covers black and white or just howthey look in some view?

02-02-2026, 11:10 AM	#3
Tarana Wizard Posts: 4,081 Karma: 38843852 Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Minneapolis Device: PWSE, Voyage, K3, HDX, KBasic 7 & 8, Nook Glo3, Echos, Nanos	To answer your question, they were black and white in both the Book Browser view and the individual book view. A further mystery. I opened the library, still all black and white. Then sorted by author looking for a specific author. Calibre quit unexpectedly. Restarted and most of the books are now in color again. 5 or 6 remained in black and white. I moved one to another library. Still black and white. I'll try moving a book to a tablet today and see if that is in color or black and white. Still stumped as to why the color returned to the rest of the books.

02-02-2026, 03:22 PM	#5
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 82,079 Karma: 150871335 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	Are the covers in the books in color or B&W?

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