• nickwitha_k (he/him)@lemmy.sdf.org
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    1 year ago

    can’t they make eink (semi-)transparent?

    Unfortunately, this is not readily done. The displays work by moving pigmented particles closer or further from the surface. Generally the greyscale ones have black and white particles. If one were to swap out the white for transparent, it would just be a bunch of black.

    Though, it might be possible to play with particle density. This would likely result in similarly awful refresh rates to color e-ink.