Brand | Logitech G |
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Series | G213 |
Item model number | 920-009284 |
Hardware Platform | PC |
Operating System | Windows 10 |
Item Weight | 2.2 pounds |
Product Dimensions | 8.58 x 17.8 x 1.3 inches |
Item Dimensions LxWxH | 8.58 x 17.8 x 1.3 inches |
Color | Black |
Power Source | Corded Electric |
Batteries | 1 Lithium Ion batteries required. (included) |
Manufacturer | Logitech |
Language | English |
ASIN | B07QGHK6Q8 |
Country of Origin | China |
Date First Available | March 2, 2020 |
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Logitech G213 Prodigy Gaming Keyboard, LIGHTSYNC RGB Backlit Keys, Spill-Resistant, Customizable Keys, Dedicated Multi-Media Keys – Black
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Brand | Logitech G |
Compatible Devices | PC |
Connectivity Technology | Wired, USB |
Keyboard Description | Gaming |
Recommended Uses For Product | Gaming |
Special Feature | Lighting |
Color | Black |
Number of Keys | 104 |
Keyboard backlighting color support | RGB |
Style | Keyboard only |
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- Brilliant color spectrum illumination - personalize five individual lighting Zones from a spectrum of over 16. 8 million colors. Change colors to match your setup, specific games, or to showcase your favorite colors. Synchronize lighting effects with other Logitech G devices using Logitech gaming software. Low light leak around each keycap means less more light comes through the lettering – and less leaks around the keycaps. This helps make the illumination of each key more brilliant, making it easier to find your keys in the dark.
- Comfortable and durable - G213 Prodigy is a full-sized keyboard designed for gaming and productivity. The slim body is built for gamers of all levels, with a durable construction that repels liquids, crumbs and dirt for easy cleanup. An integrated Palm rest And adjustable feet Let you set your keyboard to the ideal position, so it's comfortable to use even during the longest gaming sessions.
- Performance tuned with multi-key input - G213 brings together the best in tactile feel and performance with Keys built specifically for the way gamers play. Each key on the G213 is tuned to enhance the tactile experience, delivering ultra-quick, responsive feedback that is up to 4 times faster than standard keyboards. The anti-ghosting gaming Matrix is tuned for optimal gaming performance, keeping you in control when you press multiple gaming keys simultaneously.
- Dedicated media controls - Control your background track without switching out of your game. G213 features dedicated media controls that can be used to play, pause and mute music and videos instantly. Adjust the volume, or skip to the next song with the touch of a button.
- Customize with Logitech gaming software - Logitech gaming software lets you fully customize your G213 for added convenience and personalization. Set the RGB lighting, save time by assigning multiple functions to function (f1-f12) keys, and much more.
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Brightness | 4.2 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.5 |
Value for money | 4.2 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 3.9 | — | 4.5 |
For gaming | 3.9 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 5.0 | — |
Ergonomic | 4.1 | 4.3 | 4.3 | — | 5.0 | — |
Quality of material | — | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.5 | — | 4.6 |
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connectivity tech | Wired, USB | USB 2.0 | wired | USB 2.0 | USB 2.0 | USB-A |
number of keys | 104 | 108 | 104 | 104 | — | 104 |
hardware interface | — | usb | — | usb | usb | — |
compatible devices | PC | PC | Gaming Console | Gaming Console | Gaming Console | PC, Laptop |
keyboard description | Gaming | Gaming | Gaming | Mechanical, Gaming | Gaming | Membrane |
operating system | Windows 10 | Windows 10, Windows 11, Mac OS X 10.14 | Windows 10, Windows 11, Mac OS X 10.14, Mac OS X 10.14 Mojave | Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7 | Windows | Mac OS |
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G213 Prodigy RGB Gaming Keyboard
When gaming, all keyboards are not created equal. G213 helps you play faster than you would on a standard keyboard with keys that combine the best in gaming-grade performance, lighting and comfort.
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Gaming-Grade Performance
Specially tuned quiet keys with multi-key input give you ultra-quick tactile feedback and fast responsive.
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Customizable Lighting and More
Use Logitech Gaming Software to customize per-key RGB lighting from up to 16.8 million colors, assign multiple functions to specific keys, and activate LIGHTSYNC game-driven lighting.
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Spill-Resistant and Durable
G213 Prodigy membrane and keyframe are built for real life with spill resistance. It’s a keyboard built to stand up to the realities of everyday gaming.
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Integrated Palm Rest & Adjustable Feet
The two-level angle adjustment lets you set your keyboard to the ideal position, while the integrated palm rest relieves discomfort or fatigue, so you can keep playing comfortably round after round.
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Dedicated Media Controls
Pause the background track without pausing the action. Pause, mute, volume, and skip controls are right at your fingertips.
Game-Driven Light + Sound
G213 features Logitech G LIGHTSYNC technology—next-gen RGB lighting driven by actions in over 300 top games. Customize colors + effects across LIGHTSYNC mice, keyboards, headsets and speakers for new gaming intensity.
COMPLETE YOUR GAMING DESKTOP
Combine G213 Gaming Keyboard with a Prodigy mouse and headset for a complete gaming setup, designed to help you play with new speed, intensity and accuracy.
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Connection
| Wired | Wired | Wired | Wired | Wireless |
Programmable keys
| 12 F-keys | 12 F-keys | 12 F-keys | 12 F-keys | 6 G-keys |
Illuminated keys
| 16M RGB colors | Red LED | 16M RGB colors | White LED | N/A |
Mechanical Key Switches
| Mech-Dome | Romer-G | Romer-G Tactile or Linear | Cherry MX Red, Cherry MX Brown | Romer-G |
Media controls
| ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Battery Life
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Palm Rest
| Integrated | No | Detachable | No | Integrated |
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G213 Prodigy slim body is durable, precise, and spill-resistant, G213 Prodigy is designed for the way you play. With performance tuned keys, G213 Prodigy brings together the best in tactile feel and gaming-grade performance. Keys on the G213 Prodigy are tuned to deliver ultra-quick, responsive feedback that is up to 4 times faster than the keys on standard keyboards, while the anti-ghosting gaming Matrix keeps you in control even when multiple keys are pressed simultaneously. Add a personal touch to your system with customizable RGB lighting Zones or play, pause, and mute music and videos instantly with media controls. G213 Prodigy is a full-sized keyboard designed for gaming and productivity.
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Customers like the value and comfort of the keyboard. For example, they mention it's comfortable for working and typing, and the keys feel great. That said, opinions are mixed on color, lighting, sound quality, performance, and quality.
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Customers like the comfort of the keyboard. They mention that it has a nice feel, the keys feel great, and it's comfortable for working/typing as well as gaming. They also love the ergonomics, clickiness, and sound of the keys. Some appreciate the non-removable wrist pad, saying that it feels like they're pressing on clouds.
"...This has a great tactile feel and great movement and since I have been around for a while, I also like the taller keys this offers...." Read more
"I love the way the keys feel. My last keyboard was a rather expensive one, but the keys were so loud!..." Read more
"...In comparison this model does indeed have a nice feel, the keys seem to be where they should be and the key travel is just about right to give the..." Read more
"...Actually feels quite ergonomic- various lighting modes which can be fun to play with..." Read more
Customers like the value of the keyboard. For example, they say it's a great quality for the price.
"Pros !It's a good keyboard for the money you pay.It is slim and quiet (it's a membrane keyboard) but precise when you type...." Read more
"...The price was fair (I did get it on sale though) and the quality is great...." Read more
"...impression is that it is solid, heavy and seems to be very substantial for the price...." Read more
"...it feels horrible. and cheap. theyre so precarious they seem to wobble as they go down. terrible. worst ever feel keys...." Read more
Customers are mixed about the quality of the keyboard. Some mention it's a really nice keyboard with great keys and good lighting options. However, others say that the build quality is mediocre, the consistency in quality is lacking, and the keyboard feels a little cheap in terms of material.
"...This has a great tactile feel and great movement and since I have been around for a while, I also like the taller keys this offers...." Read more
"...I can see the keys easily in the dark, and there is a good amount of elevation between the keys and the board so it's easy not to mis-type anything...." Read more
"...CONS :* NO Macrokeys That is the biggest con for me!I would love to have 6 macros programmable G Keys on my little finger...." Read more
"...My bottom line is that it’s quite good and I’ll probably get used it its little quirks, I would like it better if it was less noisy...." Read more
Customers have mixed opinions about the performance of the keyboard. Some say it works well, while others say the lights don't work without the app. Some customers also mention that the keys randomly double or don's register at all.
"...at least this last one seems to be recoverable. when the lights do not come on after a button press. the g-hub sw usually fixes the problem...." Read more
"...The software works fine. The only difference between this one and my last one is my last one had a cloth cord where this one is thinner and plastic...." Read more
"...It was too dirty, the spacebar stopped working, and the mechanical keys were just too loud for me...." Read more
"...(which was simple and easy, runs great). My only gripe so far is that I haven't found a brightness setting...." Read more
Customers have mixed opinions about the lighting of the keyboard. Some find the lighting behind the keys bright and offers the right amount of light bounce for a rubber dome. They also appreciate the ability to set the lighting to constant and choose a color. However, others say the lighting feature is a disaster and the keyboard has different behaviors with illumination.
"...Primary Reasons why:- fully adjustable lighting (reddragon only had modes, no color changing)- numeric keypad-..." Read more
"...Backlight Quality is inconsistent, Some keys letter are not uniform lighting, and if you would not know where the letter should be it gets hard to..." Read more
"...Feels great on fingertips and long hours of work. Lighting is good as well, not overly bright and not dim...." Read more
"...Offers the right amount of light bounce for a rubber dome- Extremely affordableRatings (best to worst):-..." Read more
Customers are mixed about the sound quality of the keyboard. Some mention that it's very quiet and gives nice feedback without being too loud. They say the keys don't have the loud, definitive click of a mechanical board, but the keyboard is responsive and has a pleasant typing sound. Others say that the keys are loud, clacker, and medium noisy when typing. They also mention that the backspace is loud and feels really cheap.
"...It's a good keyboard for the money you pay.It is slim and quiet (it's a membrane keyboard) but precise when you type...." Read more
"...My last keyboard was a rather expensive one, but the keys were so loud!..." Read more
"...Regardless it does have a nice, pleasant typing sound to it and I find the keys and key spacing to be very comfortable...." Read more
"...the K740 is nearly silent in operation this model has a noticeable key click sound that doesn’t seem to be consistent from one key to another...." Read more
Customers are mixed about the color of the keyboard. Some mention that it has a great bunch of colors, and the keys light up different colors. However, others say that the color keeps changing while they're working, and that they can't assign colors to individual keys.
"...One of the backlight color options is teal and it matches my mouse which is an added bonus...." Read more
"...The lighting is slightly dimmer. On the plus side is that the colors are programmable and there is almost no light leak between the keys...." Read more
"...If you don't have the app, the colors cycle by default so I get on and off buzzing...." Read more
"...this keyboard is because it is a true RGB keyboard - giving access to the 16 million colors or whatever it is...." Read more
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My old one was still working but I was having some trouble with a couple of keys that would not register or would register multiple times and it was pretty worn out after 4 years of heavy usage - about 10 hours a day. My trouble with the keys on the old one is not the keyboard, but there is some dirt or something stuck in it. I will give it a thorough cleaning and it will become the main KB for my garage computer. I am very picky about my mouse and keyboard and this model keyboard has been great. This has a great tactile feel and great movement and since I have been around for a while, I also like the taller keys this offers. I use the G-Hub software for syncing lights and making adjustments. The software works fine. The only difference between this one and my last one is my last one had a cloth cord where this one is thinner and plastic. Other than that the quality feels the same and its great. I am so glad they still make this model. I will continue to purchase and only use this model until they stop making it. Also, in the past I normally didnt use the media keys, but I actually do with this model. The volume control and the pause/play are especially useful for me.
Reviewed in the United States on January 31, 2024
My old one was still working but I was having some trouble with a couple of keys that would not register or would register multiple times and it was pretty worn out after 4 years of heavy usage - about 10 hours a day. My trouble with the keys on the old one is not the keyboard, but there is some dirt or something stuck in it. I will give it a thorough cleaning and it will become the main KB for my garage computer. I am very picky about my mouse and keyboard and this model keyboard has been great. This has a great tactile feel and great movement and since I have been around for a while, I also like the taller keys this offers. I use the G-Hub software for syncing lights and making adjustments. The software works fine. The only difference between this one and my last one is my last one had a cloth cord where this one is thinner and plastic. Other than that the quality feels the same and its great. I am so glad they still make this model. I will continue to purchase and only use this model until they stop making it. Also, in the past I normally didnt use the media keys, but I actually do with this model. The volume control and the pause/play are especially useful for me.
It's a good keyboard for the money you pay.
It is slim and quiet (it's a membrane keyboard) but precise when you type.
It has a very fast response.
It has RGB Backlight 5 zones I can work with that... actually, you can separate the size of the letters in 3 different color zones, which will help nothing wrong with that !
And this is just my personal preference. I love that the keys are digged in the board so no light leaks around the keys. I am not a fun of floating keys on top of the board.
CONS :
* NO Macrokeys That is the biggest con for me!
I would love to have 6 macros programmable G Keys on my little finger. I used to have and used a G105 That was great... ( 9 years abused and heavily used :))
* Backlight Quality is inconsistent, Some keys letter are not uniform lighting, and if you would not know where the letter should be it gets hard to read... So for that reason, the backlight for 25 percent of the keys is totally unusable
* The FONTS... well... maybe I am the fussy one but the Fonts, just can not stand with them.
The arrow signs... bleah.. The small symbols are so poorly drawn.. if you don't know exactly where each symbols are on what key, it will be a challenge to find out what the symbols is...
THE INEVITABLE COMPARISON
As a power user of keyboards I literally wear them out. I have owned so many brands and models I’ve lost count. Most range from bad to terrible. I am not particularly fond of Logitech as a company, I don’t believe they have a very good reputation for customer service and I think most people who have owned their products will agree that their products don’t last as long as they should. But yet, for a good solid product that feels good to human hands they are probably the only game in town these days. So I keep buying their mice and keyboards, over and over again.
Their K740 has often been called the gold standard, it is nearly perfect, or at least was. For a while it was being sold as a redesigned model with chicklet keys. I don’t think that went over so well and it seems to have been discontinued. After my fourth K740 started giving me troubles, and the availability of used ones drying up, I decided to try this one. From the photos it looks almost identical, and it seems to have real full-dimensional key - not chiclets. In fact, at least in the photos, the keys seemed to have more of the shape of the legendary IBM Selectric than the flatter-topped keys of the K740.
ILLUSION OR FACT - THE COMPARISON
Here is my direct comparison between the original design of one of the best keyboards ever made and this one which I bought at about forty-five bucks. The first impression is that it is solid, heavy and seems to be very substantial for the price. The USB cord is massive, I think just for effect, but I don’t think it translates well into usability. My cord needs to snake around several things on my desk, impossible with this very stiff cord, so that changes how I like to have my keyboard and desktop arranged. But I can live with that. How it looks is fine but the real proof is when I sit down and start to type. I want my keyboard to melt away when I use it, in other words I don’t want to think about it, I just want it to be a tool that translates the movement of my fingers into words on the screen. In comparison this model does indeed have a nice feel, the keys seem to be where they should be and the key travel is just about right to give the user a positive tactile feedback. But on the downside, whereas the K740 is nearly silent in operation this model has a noticeable key click sound that doesn’t seem to be consistent from one key to another. It’s a subtle difference but a fast touch typist might think the key feedback is slightly less than optimal. That is fully a user preference though, either you’re going to like or not. I am getting used to it but I do prefer the silent keystroke of the older model.
One immediate thing you will notice is the lighting. The older model has pure white laser etched lighting that is soft, subtle and very useful for typing in low light conditions. It’s about as good as it gets. The Prodigy on the other hand is meant to dazzle with multi-color zones, something gamers like. The lighting is slightly dimmer. On the plus side is that the colors are programmable and there is almost no light leak between the keys. There is one dedicated button to turn the illumination on and off.
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I’ll run through a few first impressions: one is that the palm rest is hard plastic as is the rest of the body of the unit, it is not padded or non-slip like the K740. This model has four bright white status lights for caps lock, num lock, etc. They are within your line of vision and you will either like that or not. I am so used to the K760’s on-screen display I think I prefer it to status lights. The labels next to the lights are extremely tiny and the same color as the rest of the plastic - in other words you have to memorize the position of each to be useful. The media keys are very well thought out, they are all in the far corner on the upper right and each key has a dedicated function. I rarely use media keys but I think I will start using them now, I like this design very much.
NOT FACT
Here are a few things that separate reality from hype. One is that the product you get is not what they picture in their ad. That’s inexcusable, they’ve shipped enough of this model that they could have corrected their misrepresentation by now. The biggest difference are in the size and shape of the enter and backspace keys - which to someone who uses a keyboard many hours a day can be a very big deal. The other this, again inexcusable, is that you can’t use the standard Logitech SetPoint keyboard app, you need to download a different one for this model.
YES OR NO
How a keyboard feels is the most important thing it does and you can read a thousand reviews and every one of them will be an opinion - no one can decide for you if it will feel good to you, the only way you will know is to buy it, try it, and keep it if you like it, otherwise send it back. My rating is conditional - it is positive considering you can’t get a real K740 anymore - the replacement is nowhere near in the same league as the original, and it still costs way too much. You also no longer have a ready source of reconditioned ones. So you’re stuck with this model if you want something good. My bottom line is that it’s quite good and I’ll probably get used it its little quirks, I would like it better if it was less noisy. And I can’t five points to any product that shows one thing and sells you something else.
THE INEVITABLE COMPARISON
As a power user of keyboards I literally wear them out. I have owned so many brands and models I’ve lost count. Most range from bad to terrible. I am not particularly fond of Logitech as a company, I don’t believe they have a very good reputation for customer service and I think most people who have owned their products will agree that their products don’t last as long as they should. But yet, for a good solid product that feels good to human hands they are probably the only game in town these days. So I keep buying their mice and keyboards, over and over again.
Their K740 has often been called the gold standard, it is nearly perfect, or at least was. For a while it was being sold as a redesigned model with chicklet keys. I don’t think that went over so well and it seems to have been discontinued. After my fourth K740 started giving me troubles, and the availability of used ones drying up, I decided to try this one. From the photos it looks almost identical, and it seems to have real full-dimensional key - not chiclets. In fact, at least in the photos, the keys seemed to have more of the shape of the legendary IBM Selectric than the flatter-topped keys of the K740.
ILLUSION OR FACT - THE COMPARISON
Here is my direct comparison between the original design of one of the best keyboards ever made and this one which I bought at about forty-five bucks. The first impression is that it is solid, heavy and seems to be very substantial for the price. The USB cord is massive, I think just for effect, but I don’t think it translates well into usability. My cord needs to snake around several things on my desk, impossible with this very stiff cord, so that changes how I like to have my keyboard and desktop arranged. But I can live with that. How it looks is fine but the real proof is when I sit down and start to type. I want my keyboard to melt away when I use it, in other words I don’t want to think about it, I just want it to be a tool that translates the movement of my fingers into words on the screen. In comparison this model does indeed have a nice feel, the keys seem to be where they should be and the key travel is just about right to give the user a positive tactile feedback. But on the downside, whereas the K740 is nearly silent in operation this model has a noticeable key click sound that doesn’t seem to be consistent from one key to another. It’s a subtle difference but a fast touch typist might think the key feedback is slightly less than optimal. That is fully a user preference though, either you’re going to like or not. I am getting used to it but I do prefer the silent keystroke of the older model.
One immediate thing you will notice is the lighting. The older model has pure white laser etched lighting that is soft, subtle and very useful for typing in low light conditions. It’s about as good as it gets. The Prodigy on the other hand is meant to dazzle with multi-color zones, something gamers like. The lighting is slightly dimmer. On the plus side is that the colors are programmable and there is almost no light leak between the keys. There is one dedicated button to turn the illumination on and off.
THINGS YOU MIGHT WANT TO KNOW
I’ll run through a few first impressions: one is that the palm rest is hard plastic as is the rest of the body of the unit, it is not padded or non-slip like the K740. This model has four bright white status lights for caps lock, num lock, etc. They are within your line of vision and you will either like that or not. I am so used to the K760’s on-screen display I think I prefer it to status lights. The labels next to the lights are extremely tiny and the same color as the rest of the plastic - in other words you have to memorize the position of each to be useful. The media keys are very well thought out, they are all in the far corner on the upper right and each key has a dedicated function. I rarely use media keys but I think I will start using them now, I like this design very much.
NOT FACT
Here are a few things that separate reality from hype. One is that the product you get is not what they picture in their ad. That’s inexcusable, they’ve shipped enough of this model that they could have corrected their misrepresentation by now. The biggest difference are in the size and shape of the enter and backspace keys - which to someone who uses a keyboard many hours a day can be a very big deal. The other this, again inexcusable, is that you can’t use the standard Logitech SetPoint keyboard app, you need to download a different one for this model.
YES OR NO
How a keyboard feels is the most important thing it does and you can read a thousand reviews and every one of them will be an opinion - no one can decide for you if it will feel good to you, the only way you will know is to buy it, try it, and keep it if you like it, otherwise send it back. My rating is conditional - it is positive considering you can’t get a real K740 anymore - the replacement is nowhere near in the same league as the original, and it still costs way too much. You also no longer have a ready source of reconditioned ones. So you’re stuck with this model if you want something good. My bottom line is that it’s quite good and I’ll probably get used it its little quirks, I would like it better if it was less noisy. And I can’t five points to any product that shows one thing and sells you something else.
Top reviews from other countries
As far as non mechanical keyboards go, it's really nice.
The typing does feel slightly membrane, but each key also feels very responsive and pleasant to type on. I love the wrist rest, and there's legs on the back if you'd like to prop the keyboard up slightly, though I prefer it laying flat.
The built in media keys are very convenient to have for apps like Youtube and Spotify. The LEDs are pleasant to look at, without being obnoxiously bright. This keyboard also features a number pad which is appreciated considering I use this keyboard at work (IT) and I constantly deal with numbers.
This is one of the better membrane keyboards avaiable, and while I still prefer mech for most applications, this keyboard does not disappoint.
Looks decent
nice colors
feels okay
cons:
lightsync from ghub software constantly stops working, leaving my keyboard with plain white lights until i restart software. (reinstalled software/updated firmware, still same issue)
Font on keyboard a little faded. There seems to be some "grey" under the font that make it looks like its faded? not sure if the "Grey" i see is a component under the light. Not noticeable from pictures but definitely noticeable when using.
Overall decent keyboard for decent price.
Reviewed in Canada on January 8, 2024
Looks decent
nice colors
feels okay
cons:
lightsync from ghub software constantly stops working, leaving my keyboard with plain white lights until i restart software. (reinstalled software/updated firmware, still same issue)
Font on keyboard a little faded. There seems to be some "grey" under the font that make it looks like its faded? not sure if the "Grey" i see is a component under the light. Not noticeable from pictures but definitely noticeable when using.
Overall decent keyboard for decent price.