It’s all about how we perceive colors in context. White Kindle Paperwhite 5 compared to the black version / Visualization by Piotr KowalczykĪs you see, the display in the black version looks white, but in the white version it looks gray. Let’s compare how the white and black version look like. There is no cheating – both the bezel and display are directly comparable, as they are put behind the same piece of shiny glass.Īnd that’s without taking into consideration the LED lights that, when turned on, may make the display look even uglier. The bezel is 100% white White Kindle Paperwhite 5 with 100% white bezel / Visualization by Piotr KowalczykĪs you see, with a 100% white bezel, the display is perceived as gray. Let’s see how the white Kindle Paperwhite would look like. ▸ Suddenly, when surrounded by a white bezel, the display doesn’t look “paperwhite” any longer. The whiteness of the display is the benchmark of quality. It’s a promise you will have the display and device as white as paper. ▸ The problem is that “paperwhite” is a statement. ▸ What’s the problem with the light gray? Paper in print books is not 100% white, either. A light gray area compared to the white is perceived as light gray or ever dark gray. ▸ A light gray area compared to the black area is perceived as white. The front of the all-glass Paperwhite 5 is more like a paper page with larger margins. ▸ The front of the Kindle Paperwhite 5 is all in glass, including both the display and the bezel. The front of the e-reader is like a paper page inside a frame. The bezel and the display are two different matters. Their bezels are raised above the display, and they are plastic. They are, however, different from Kindle Paperwhite 5. ▸ There are a few white e-readers on the market, naming only the basic Kindle (2019 model) or Kobo Libra 2.
A perfect e-reader is the one that most closely resembles the experience of reading a paper book. You expect e-readers to offer the beauty of the paper. Is it worth waiting for the white Kindle Paperwhite 5? The more I think about it, the more I doubt it. However, if I had a choice, I would have bought the white variant, not the black one. The newest Kindle Paperwhite 5 is the best e-reader I have ever used. Will we ever see the white Kindle Paperwhite 5? These visualizations show that it is unlikely. Piotr Kowalczyk ⋮ Published on FebruWhite Kindle Paperwhite 5 compared to the black version / Visualization by Piotr Kowalczyk
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