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Old 07-17-2016, 06:28 PM   #16
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I had the original Kobo in white and didn't like that colour.
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Old 07-17-2016, 07:02 PM   #17
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Given today's color options, I went with black. But I really miss my red Sony 650. If only it had today's front-lighting.
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Old 07-18-2016, 12:15 AM   #18
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I find it easier to read on a black device. It seems to concentrate my vision on the screen.
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Old 07-18-2016, 01:55 AM   #19
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Given today's color options, I went with black. But I really miss my red Sony 650. If only it had today's front-lighting.
This exactly. I loved the color of my red prs-650.
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Old 07-19-2016, 01:35 PM   #20
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I vote for white. I have a black Kobo (Touch) and a white Kobo (Glo), and I find the white one more cheerful and inspiring instead of black. It might the simulation of white bezel with the white margin of a real paper book, but I feel more happy with white.
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I said black. White would cause you to notice the off-white tone of the eink screen itself, which isn't usually a pure white.
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It would be interesting to see an owner of two identical Kindles, one with a black bezel and the other with a white bezel, comparing the two side by side and seeing which one looked better.
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I said black. White would cause you to notice the off-white tone of the eink screen itself, which isn't usually a pure white.
Although I liked the look of the white one better, I finally went with the black one.

I asked the store to unbox a white one for me, booted it up and put it next to the black display model, cranking up the backlight to maximum on both of them. The text background on the black model seemed noticeably whiter than that of the white model.

An optical illusion, for sure, as the screen hardware is identical, but I thought that noticing the more off-white tone of the text background on the white model (as badgoodDeb suggested) would distract me more when reading.

Looking forward to playing with my new toy!
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Can I vote for both colors?
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