The Kindle Colorsoft ($279) is the first color Kindle and something I’ve been waiting years for. Thanks to its display, you can now enjoy book covers and comics in all their colorful glory. It’s effectively the Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition, only with a beautiful color display.
That 7-inch display is slightly larger than the 6.8-inch screen of the previous Kindle Paperwhite. It has a 300ppi resolution for black-and-white text and images but drops to 150ppi when viewing things in color. Thankfully, everything still appears reasonably sharp even with a diminished resolution. The screen also has a higher contrast than previous Paperwhite models, which helps black lines pop on white backgrounds.
