Kindle - does it display colour?

londonman81

I'm thinking of purchasing the new Kindle, however I am unsure as to whether it is suitable for my purposes.

I plan to read many pdf documents which contain colour charts (line charts etc).

Two questions:

1. Does the Kindle display graphics in general? e.g just even black and white graphs

2. does the Kindle display colour graphs? e.g a line chart with several lines, each one a different colour

Many thanks!

ariba10

In a word

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No

londonman81

Is that a no to both questions? i.e it doesn't display graphs and tables at all? even if the underlying document is a pdf?

Kido

The Kindle only has a black and white display. No colour I'm afraid.

nearlyrich

It will display graphs etc in different shades of grey but no colour, there is a new Kindle coming soon that is more of a tablet and that will display in colour. The kindle is good for pdfs but not if you need to see the charts in full colour hope that helps.

Yolina

E-ink is currently b&w (including shades of grey) only for now. Colour e-ink has been worked on for some time but for now it's not quite there yet as the colours are very washed out. E-ink is what makes the battery last for ages on a reader (I get about 40 hours reading time on my K3 before it wants feeding) as it's not backlit and power is only used when the page changes. If you really need colour then you'll have to get a tablet but obviously the trade-off will be a much shorter battery life. The Kindle can display graphics but isn't the best for PDF because there's no text reflow.

mrochester

Yolina wrote: »

E-ink is currently b&w (including shades of grey) only for now. Colour e-ink has been worked on for some time but for now it's not quite there yet as the colours are very washed out. E-ink is what makes the battery last for ages on a reader (I get about 40 hours reading time on my K3 before it wants feeding) as it's not backlit and power is only used when the page changes. If you really need colour then you'll have to get a tablet but obviously the trade-off will be a much shorter battery life. The Kindle can display graphics but isn't the best for PDF because there's no text reflow.

The E-Ink display is also what makes the Kindle a very readable device. I wouldn't recommend considering another device with a traditional screen if you're looking to do a serious amount ofreading as there's no real match for E-Ink displays in that department.

penrhyn

If you want a colour Kindle you will have to wait for the Kindle Fire.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0051VV!!!/ref=s9_pop_gw_g349_ir02/176-7489937-0511517?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=0MZAX76SH9RN0TAN9XB7&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=1263340922&pf_rd_i=507846

Yolina

mrochester wrote: »

The E-Ink display is also what makes the Kindle a very readable device. I wouldn't recommend considering another device with a traditional screen if you're looking to do a serious amount ofreading as there's no real match for E-Ink displays in that department.

you're preaching to the converted :rotfl: I read over 200 books a year and wouldn't consider anything other than e-ink for my e-reading

If the OP's primary use of the device is for PDFs with colour charts though, the Kindle may not be best suited.

londonman81

So is it any good for black and white tables containing numbers?