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Re:Show HN: E-Paper 7-color display showing the current weather by blixt on Friday June 07, 2024 @12:15PM (#40610043)
I asked it to generate the weather for "The Purple Forest" (Narnia) and this is what it came up with:

https://i.imgur.com/kmKiqbO.jpg

You can zoom in on the purples. I would say it looks like a wine purple IRL.

Re:Show HN: E-Paper 7-color display showing the current weather by dh-g on Friday June 07, 2024 @12:19PM (#40610086)
Wow, these have come a long way.
Re:Show HN: E-Paper 7-color display showing the current weather by move-on-by on Friday June 07, 2024 @12:23PM (#40610136)
I’m sorry I was not very clear with my question. The review is negative- saying the ‘white’ is more like a dark purple color. I’m not asking how well it shows purple- but the general quality of the display itself.
Re:Show HN: E-Paper 7-color display showing the current weather by blixt on Friday June 07, 2024 @12:27PM (#40610183)
My bad, I understand now! I think it's at least as good as a Kindle. I understand why someone who is comparing to bleached paper or OLED/modern LCD screens would say it looks purple, but yeah, I have no complaints.

Edited to add: In the picture you can also see the white material at the bottom that is not part of the screen, I would say that is "true white". And the picture also has white pixels on the screen. That's the "dark purple" the review refers to in that case.

Re:Show HN: E-Paper 7-color display showing the current weather by nathancahill on Friday June 07, 2024 @02:08PM (#40611249)
Yeah, that's pretty purple for white. But still amazing how far this tech has come.