Originally Posted by
Magna
Currently, the photo in U.S. ePassport is color, but it will be black & white in the new upcoming Next Generation passport. I would think a color photo is more detailed and accurate than a black & white photo. Anybody know why they decided to go with a black & white photo? Currently, the Passport Card has a black & white photo.
I believe this is a technological limitation of the poloycarbonate printing technology. My Norwegian passport (which uses a polycarbonate biodata page, just like the next gen US passport) also has a black-and-white photo and black text, although the field names are preprinted in red.