A
display device comprising a pixel, where the pixel includes: (a) a
polar fluid that is at least one of
colored and black, (b) a non-
polar fluid that is at least one of transparent and translucent, (c) a first substrate, (d) a second substrate arranged relative to the first substrate to define a channel occupied by the
polar fluid and the non-polar fluid, wherein at least one of the polar fluid and the non-polar fluid is visible through at least one of the first substrate and the second substrate, (e) a reflector having a plurality of features, comprising at least one of concavities and projections, that alter an angle of reflected light from a
specular reflection to provide the appearance of at least one of a
diffuse reflection and a non-metallic reflection, where the reflector includes a hydrophobic
coating causing the polar fluid that is at least one of
colored and black to be non-
wetting to the hydrophobic
coating in the presence of the non-polar fluid, the
display device also including a plurality of electrodes configured to cause repositioning of the polar fluid in the channel to displace at least a first portion of the non-polar fluid and a
voltage source, where repositioning of the polar fluid occurs as a unified volume to retard reduced
light reflection from the reflector in a portion of the channel where the polar fluid has been repositioned.