# The Important Question: Black vs. Silver Input Cover

**URL:** <https://community.frame.work/t/the-important-question-black-vs-silver-input-cover/83783>\
**Category:** Framework Laptop 13\
**Tags:** intel-11th, laptop-13-pro-chassis\
**Created:** [July 31, 2026, 8:31pm UTC](https://community.frame.work/t/the-important-question-black-vs-silver-input-cover/83783 "2026-07-31T20:31:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![nez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cdc98d/32.png) [@nez](https://community.frame.work/u/nez)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2026, 8:31pm UTC](https://community.frame.work/t/the-important-question-black-vs-silver-input-cover/83783/1 "2026-07-31T20:31:59Z")

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I’m rocking the second batch FW13, so all aluminum except the bezel. My two big complaints have been the screen reflectivity and the touchpad so I’ll be replacing both with the new Pro options. But… I’m worried having a black input cover will look out of place with the aluminum body, or the aluminum cover won’t look great with the black/orange keyboard vibe. Anyone mix it up like this? I’d love to see pictures.

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**Author:** ![catastrophic](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/community.frame.work/catastrophic/32/37498_2.png) [@catastrophic](https://community.frame.work/u/catastrophic)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2026, 8:40pm UTC](https://community.frame.work/t/the-important-question-black-vs-silver-input-cover/83783/2 "2026-07-31T20:40:24Z")

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Here’s an example of one we have in office: [Framework on X: "Framework Laptop 13 🐼 Edition https://t.co/vE83VAOQPa" / X](https://x.com/FrameworkPuter/status/2047035628047696229) but would love to see the community’s if they have any as well.

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**Author:** ![Adrian\_Joachim](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/community.frame.work/adrian_joachim/32/9949_2.png) [@Adrian\_Joachim](https://community.frame.work/u/Adrian_Joachim)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2026, 9:50pm UTC](https://community.frame.work/t/the-important-question-black-vs-silver-input-cover/83783/3 "2026-07-31T21:50:51Z")

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That looks sweet as hell, would do that too if they were available jet (and there were orange/grey/black keyboards in some iso layout)

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**Author:** ![nez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cdc98d/32.png) [@nez](https://community.frame.work/u/nez)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2026, 9:56am UTC](https://community.frame.work/t/the-important-question-black-vs-silver-input-cover/83783/4 "2026-08-01T09:56:18Z")

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Thank you!

man these are the hard decisions. I already have two different keyboards. I know the goal is to reduce e-waste but I’ve never had so much fun replacing functional components before.

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**Author:** ![Omair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/898d66/32.png) [@Omair](https://community.frame.work/u/Omair)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2026, 9:54am UTC](https://community.frame.work/t/the-important-question-black-vs-silver-input-cover/83783/5 "2026-08-02T09:54:16Z")

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you and me both… cant wait for the kit to come out. ( i am assuming coming soon and register interst means the former is about to be launched )