Name: Kobo Libra Colour Black
Brand: Kobo
SKU: 946247
Price: 269 EUR
Availability: InStock
Rating: 8.9 (119 reviews)

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With ComfortLight PRO, you can adjust the brightness and filter blue light, which is easier on your eyes.
Thanks to the color screen, you can see book covers, images, and notes in color.
You can connect your e-reader to a stylus, so you can easily take notes.
The screen is too small for taking lots of notes and annotations.

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Read comfortably at any time with the Kobo Libra Colour Black. This e-reader has ComfortLight PRO with adjustable brightness and color temperature. It filters blue light and has a dark mode. This way, your eyes get less tired and you can read comfortably in the dark. The color screen brings comic books and images to life. You can also see book covers and screensavers in color. You can also connect a stylus wirelessly. This lets you take notes and make sketches, and you can find everything in a useful overview.

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7 inches

32 GB

Full HD (1080p)

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Weight
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Water-resistant

Sharpness
- Full HD (1080p)
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A compact e-reader on which I read books in color.

Colorful images
Quickly scroll through buttons
Easy to carry due to size
No charger and stylus included

The Kobo Libra Color is a compact e-reader on which I read, listen to and take notes in color. I didn't get the stylus, so I had to order it separately.

Quiet color screen I think the color screen makes this e-reader come more to life. I prefer reading books with pictures and comic books. In addition, the library and sleep mode also look a lot more lively with different colorful book covers. I also highlight texts in all kinds of colors. Thanks to ComfortLight PRO, I can adjust the brightness and warmth of the screen myself. I often read before I go to bed. I find a warm and darker screen easier on my eyes. When I don't feel like reading, I listen to audiobooks.

Nice size and nice buttons I can easily hold the Libra Color with one hand due to the weight and the handle. The screen rotates, so I hold it on all sides. This is useful for left and right-handed people. Thanks to the buttons, I can quickly turn the pages. I also navigate through the menu with the touchscreen. I also take this e-reader with me in my bag because of its size. This is how I read on the train on the way to work. You will not receive a cover with the e-reader. If you're like me and take it with you a lot, I recommend a cover for protection.

Stylus support The Kobo Libra Color supports the Kobo Stylus 2. Unfortunately, I did not receive this, so you have to order it yourself. I use the stylus to make color notes in the books. When I make a mistake, I erase it with the back of the stylus. I also add notepads myself where I make to-do lists, for example. I don't take notes without a stylus, but I do mark text in books with my finger.

Download books via Dropbox or Drive I don't need any cables to put my books on the e-reader. I buy books in the Kobo shop or download them from my Dropbox or Google Drive. I think the latter is a nice feature. I create my own Kobo folder in Dropbox or Drive and drag my books there. Then I download the books onto the e-reader. The e-reader also supports Pocket. When I see articles on my phone or laptop that I want to read, I save them to Pocket. Then I read them on the e-reader.

Review by:
Emme-Lotte. E-reader specialist.
Date:
25 April 2024
Translation:
Automatically translated from Nederlands

Review is 8,0 out of 10.

Cool, but only if you really need color.

Colour!
Backlight achieves warmer color than previous model (Libra H2O)
Refreshes faster than predecessor
Screen is too dark to read without backlight

Very nice e-reader. Comic books on the go! But... there are a few catches.

The color filter makes the screen look very dark. Imagine a book printed on gray paper. Not unreadable, but still unpleasant. That means that you actually always use your backlight. With the backlight on it is fine to read, but then you miss out on that pleasant, natural reading of e-paper. Too bad. I always adjust the brightness and color before reading so that the light does not really stand out. That is a bit of fiddling.

I read comic books on it, among other things, and it is fantastic for that. Colors are easy to recognize. They are paler than the printed version, but if you do not put them next to each other, you quickly forget it. There are special developer options hidden in the settings that allow you to increase the saturation of the colors a bit (google it), but that is at the expense of the accuracy of the colors.

I get the feeling that I have to tinker with this a bit too much. It feels like a first generation model. Big steps forward (we have color!), but also a few steps back. If you don't need the color, I would really go for a black and white version. If you do use it, this is a cool model, but with a healthy dose of patience you might have a model in a few years that doesn't have so many "yes, but"s.

Review by:
Bart
Date:
24 October 2024
Translation:
Automatically translated from Nederlands

Review is 7,6 out of 10.

The Libra Clara Colour is disappointing

Easy browsing with physical buttons
Larger screen than the Clara
Lots of storage space
Letters not sharp enough

This seemed like the ideal Kobo for me. Larger than the Clara, with physical buttons and integration with Google Drive and Dropbox. Unfortunately, the reading experience (which is what it's all about) was less than stellar. I couldn't read the text clearly; the letters weren't sharp enough. It didn't matter whether I adjusted the text size or other settings. This was due to the color screen and the grayish cast that other users also report. I returned the product and replaced it with the Clara BW, which is a joy to read. It's a shame the Libra doesn't have a black-and-white model; I would definitely have chosen that one.

Review by:
Anne
Date:
24 August 2025
Translation:
Automatically translated from Nederlands

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Specifications

Product

Product
	Product number	946247
	Manufacturer code	N428-KU-BK-K-CK
	Brand	Kobo
	Processing of your defect	Via Coolblue
	Old product returned for free

Screen

Screen
	Screen type	Electronic Ink
	Type E-ink panel	Kaleido
	Sharpness	Full HD (1080p)
	Blue light filter
	Resolution height	1680 pixels
	Resolution width	1264 pixels
	Color screen
	Screen size	7 inches
	Touchscreen
	Backlit screen
	Pixel density	300 ppi

Memory

Memory
	Total storage capacity	32 GB
	Memory card reader
	Internal RAM	1 GB

General properties

General properties
	Operating system language	Multiple languages can be configured
	eBook store integrated
	Text file format	BMP, CBR, CBZ, GIF, HTML, JPEG, MobiPocket, PDF, PNG, RTF, TIFF, TXT, ePub
	Photo file format	BMP, JPEG, PNG, TIFF
	Supported and protected file formats	Adobe DRM, MobiPocket, ePub
	Text-to-Speech function
	Dictionary
	Web browser
	Plays music
	IP certification	IPX8

Physical properties

Physical properties
	Weight	200 g
	Color	Black
	Controls	Push buttons, Touchscreen
	Width	14,46 cm
	Depth	0,83 cm
	Height	16,1 cm
	Material	Plastic
	Water-resistant

Bluetooth and WiFi

Bluetooth and WiFi
	Built-in WiFi
	WiFi standards	Wireless AC (WiFi 5)
	Bluetooth
	Bluetooth version	5.0

USB connectors

USB connectors
	USB port
	Type of USB port	USB-C

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