Color: Silver or Dark Blue

[Mindy]

Dark blue with a silver cover would be pretty. Or vice versa.
As a girl, I get to think like that, with no regard whatsoever to practical considerations.
I'd really like one with sparkly stars.
When I got my tamagotchi they only had pink ones left, so I painted the case purple and silver.
Not sure painting I'd paint a reader though. Don't think you'd get the right 'finish'.

[Taylor514ce]

I'm afraid that just might void the warranty. I like to think I'm artistic, in that I have learned to appreciate artistic things... but I'm not "crafty". My projects tend towards chaos, price overruns, trips to the emergency room, and heroic salvage. I think a reticulated Reader with blood splotches and paint enjambed buttons wouldn't be covered under warranty.

[DixieGal]

Originally Posted by Taylor514ce

I'm afraid that just might void the warranty. I like to think I'm artistic, in that I have learned to appreciate artistic things... but I'm not "crafty". My projects tend towards chaos, price overruns, trips to the emergency room, and heroic salvage. I think a reticulated Reader with blood splotches and paint enjambed buttons wouldn't be covered under warranty.

Maybe you should just carefully follow Mindy's sticker advice.

[Taylor514ce]

:repressed urge to post off-color rejoinder playing on the word 'sticker':

[DixieGal]

How on earth could there be anything off color about stickers? Unless maybe they are ugly, like chatreuse or something?

[=X=]

Originally Posted by HarryT

That's because silver is reflective. It has little to do with the "colour" of it

Actually that has a lot to do with it. There are two things that make up how reflective an surface is. That is the color and the surface.
The reason dark colors get hotter is because they absorb more light, which translates to heat. Lighter colors absorb less light so they reflect more light.

White reflects 80% of the light (20% turns to heat)
Black reflects 40% of the light (60% turns to heat)

Reflective surface increase the reflection by about 10-19%

[astrodad]

Originally Posted by =X=

Actually that has a lot to do with it. There are two things that make up how reflective an surface is. That is the color and the surface.
The reason dark colors get hotter is because they absorb more light, which translates to heat. Lighter colors absorb less light so they reelect less light.

White reflects 80% of the light (20% turns to heat)
Black reflects 40% of the light (60% turns to heat)

Reflective surface increase the reflection by about 10-19%

Didn't you mean to say that lighter colors absorb less light so they reflect MORE light?

[Taylor514ce]

Whatever the physics, the silver case on the reader makes the screen itself seem darker than the screen on the blue reader, even though the actual gray level of the screen is no doubt exactly the same.



Square "A" is the exact same color as square "B". That's the effect I've noticed. I prefer the blue reader due to the optical illusion of it making the screen seem "whiter" and thus easier to read.

[DrMoze]

Originally Posted by Taylor514ce

Whatever the physics, the silver case on the reader makes the screen itself seem darker than the screen on the blue reader, even though the actual gray level of the screen is no doubt exactly the same.



Square "A" is the exact same color as square "B". That's the effect I've noticed. I prefer the blue reader due to the optical illusion of it making the screen seem "whiter" and thus easier to read.

That illusion always amazes me. But it works. Also the reason why I got the dark blue Reader--it makes the screen look whiter, even if it doesn't affect the actual screen contrast.

[Taylor514ce]

Me too. I'm hoping I'll get used to the silver Reader, but I've contemplated the merits of black electricians' tape.

[=X=]

Originally Posted by jplumey

Didn't you mean to say that lighter colors absorb less light so they reflect MORE light?

Yes that is what I meant. Nice catch it took me 3 read overs before I caught my error.

[=X=]

Originally Posted by Taylor514ce

Whatever the physics, <... snip ...>

Square "A" is the exact same color as square "B". That's the effect I've noticed. I prefer the blue reader due to the optical illusion of it making the screen seem "whiter" and thus easier to read.

Yes it's the human brain that throws everything off. That is why it's still called color theory.
=X=

[Taylor514ce]

Originally Posted by =X=

Yes it's the human brain that throws everything off. That is why it's still called color theory.
=X=

You might like one of my favorite books, "Bright Earth: Art and the Invention of Color". Not available as an e-book, nor would you want it to be until we have color e-ink screens.

How could one not love a book with the following key phrases: copper resinate, blue verditer, artificial ultramarine, blue frit, carmine lake (more)

I got into the printing business because of a fascination with color theory.

[Dr. Drib]

Originally Posted by yagiz

When I opened a thread just after buying my PRS 505, we discussed about the offered colors. Obviously it largely depends on one's taste and sometimes on its availability. Someone mentioned the contrast created by the color against the text background as well. However, I think there's another practical side. Let me explain!

Last week I was on holidays and I did a lot of reading on the beach and most of the time under the sun. And yesterday, when I was watching the Discovery Channel, they were experimenting with two different surfaces, one black and one white. They put them both under the sun with an initial temperature of 27C (80F) and pretty soon the difference was impressive with the black surface gone to 48C (118F). So, I think, the dark blue will get hotter under the sun...

Dark colors do get hotter under the sun. Try wearing dark colored clothes during the summer.

...Or driving in a car with a dark interrior.


Don

[=X=]

Originally Posted by Taylor514ce

You might like one of my favorite books, "Bright Earth: Art and the Invention of Color". Not available as an e-book, nor would you want it to be until we have color e-ink screens.

How could one not love a book with the following key phrases: copper resinate, blue verditer, artificial ultramarine, blue frit, carmine lake (more)

I got into the printing business because of a fascination with color theory.

Nice I'll add to my must read list. I've also had a fascination with colors, when I fell into the printer business at HP I thought it was destiny.