Kobo · Clara
Clara Colour
The Kobo Clara Colour is a 6-inch colour eReader, waterproof and with a warm light, for people who want colour covers and highlights in a small, light reader.
- Screen
- 6″
- PPI
- 300
- Colour
- Yes
- Storage
- 16 GB
- Weight
- 174 g
What reviewers say
Reviewers agree it is an affordable, light and waterproof way into colour eReading, with a responsive screen, long battery life and repairable, recycled-material build. They differ on the colours, which Good e-Reader found vivid and The Verge washed out; common criticisms are Kobo's smaller store compared with Kindle's and a 6-inch screen that some will find small.
From techradar.com, tomsguide.com, theverge.com and goodereader.com
Specifications
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- Screen size
- 6″
- Resolution
- 1448 × 1072
- Sharpness
- 300 pixels per inch
- Colour
- Yes
- Front light
- Yes, adjustable warmth
- Display detail
- E Ink Kaleido 3 with FastGLR and Dark Mode; 300 ppi for black-and-white content, 150 ppi for colour
- Front light
- ComfortLight PRO, adjustable brightness and colour temperature
Reading and writing
- Stylus
- No
- Page-turn buttons
- No
- Audiobooks
- Yes
- Storage
- 16 GB
- Software
- Kobo
- Formats
- 15 formats natively (EPUB, EPUB3, FlePub, PDF, MOBI, JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP, TIFF, TXT, HTML, RTF, CBZ, CBR)
- Book store
- Kobo Store
- Library loans
- OverDrive and Libby in select countries
Connections and battery
- Battery life (maker's claim)
- Up to 6 weeks
- Battery life detail
- Up to 42 days at 30 minutes of reading a day, front light at 30% and wireless off; 1500 mAh (black) or 1900 mAh (white)
- Charging
- USB-C
- Connectivity
- Wi-Fi 802.11 ac/b/g/n (2.4 and 5 GHz), Bluetooth, USB-C; dual 2.0 GHz processor
- Audio
- Kobo Audiobooks over Bluetooth headphones or speaker (select countries)
Design
- Weight
- 174 g
- Water resistance
- IPX8
- Materials
- Exterior of at least 85.5% recycled content, including 10% ocean-bound plastic; repairable
- Water resistance detail
- Waterproof for up to 60 minutes in up to 2 metres of water
- Size
- 112 × 160 × 9.2 mm
- Colours
- Black, White
Pros and cons
Pros
- Colour E Ink Kaleido 3 screen with colour highlighting
- Waterproof to IPX8, with adjustable colour temperature
- Reads EPUB natively and borrows library books through Libby
Cons
- Colour is 150 ppi, half the sharpness of text
- No page-turn buttons and no stylus support
- No integrated Dropbox or Google Drive support
Closest rivals
Model | Screen | PPI | Colour | Storage | Weight | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6″ | 300 | No | 16 GB | 158 g | Oct 2024 | |
| 7″ | 300 | Yes | 32 GB | 219 g | Oct 2024 | |
| 7″ | 300 | Yes | 16 GB | 215 g | Jul 2025 |
Sources
- ereader.kobo.com/en-gb/products/kobo-clara-colour
- kobo.com/news/now-in-colour-bring-your-books-to-life-with-the-new-kobo-libra-co…
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