Are color e-readers worth it, or should I stick with black and white?

Across r/kobo, r/ereader and r/kindle, the consensus is nuanced: color E Ink (Kaleido 3 on Kobo, Colorsoft on Kindle) is genuinely useful for comics, graphic novels, cookbooks and book covers, but reviewers repeatedly note the colors look muted, the white background is slightly darker, and black-and-white text is marginally less crisp than on a dedicated mono reader. If you read mostly plain-text novels, most reviewers say a black-and-white model gives sharper text and longer battery life for less money.