2026-02-01: Remarkable Pro Colors
Previewing RM Pro colors somewhat more accurately on screen
I was happy with the Remarkable 2 and when the Remarkable Pro came out I decided to go with a second one in order to be able to see two pages at once: one as a reference for reading and one for writing, as one would normally do with paper. Expensive approach, I know.
As an added bonus, the Pro comes with “color”. Very… very bland color. It’s a welcome addition nonetheless. Despite all the limitations, I came to appreciate the Pro for doodling way more than I expected. But when one exports the drawings for PC viewing, the files don’t match the colors as used on the tablet. This often breaks the original drawing intent, and got me annoyed.
I also realized at some point that I could display regular photos on it as a digital frame, despite not being something for which the Remarkable was intended for. Yet, the faded colors, limited palette along with the dithering really grew on me. The effect evokes more the feel of a fond memory to think about instead of just being another pretty picture to look at.
You can see how the image on the right looks when shown on a laptop screen compared to the Remarkable. If you click for a larger version, the dithering is pretty apparent.
I started to want a simple way to preview or display the color output of the tablet more accurately on screen, so that I could either export the doodles as I drew them or to adjust the images on a PC for better display on the tablet.
I made a basic palette of the real pen colors and a rough color profile that you can use with image editing software that support color proofing, such as GIMP. None of this is meant to be truly accurate, and something I tried for fun to be “better than nothing”.
Basic color extraction approach The method I used isn’t very sophisticated, and definitely not the best: I took a few pictures with a DSLR camera of the tablet alongside a white reference card under medium, indirect sunlight in order to avoid glare. A full color card would have been nicer, but I didn’t have any at hand. The backlight on the Remarkable Pro was kept at the medium setting to be a little bit more balanced as I use it frequently indoors. I then compared the pictures on a calibrated LCD screen with the actual tablet as a quick visual check.
More realistic pen colors These are the main pen colors you can use on the Remarkable Pro. As you can see, “white” is downright gray and it is sadly not an artifact. It is significantly darker than the Remarkable 2, and also why I feel some amount of backlight is always required. But in turn, the backlight also shifts the black very slightly towards blue. This is intentionally made very obvious here through the background pairing. On the actual tablet you mostly don’t notice if you have some ambient lighting. Color White RM White RM Black Black sRGB Black #3a4861 Gray #7f7e82 White #a8aaa7 Blue #3c5483 Red #866369 Green #6e7860 Yellow #a09e66 Cyan #5f6d80 Magenta #7f627b
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