Razer launches BlackWidow keyboard with 16.8 million colors

Razer likes to go over the top, and that’s the case with its new Razer BlackWidow Chroma V2 mechanical gaming keyboard.

The keyboard is a menagerie of colors, as you can customize the look with up to 16.8 million colors and use a variety of effects. The keyboard targets first-person shooter (FPS) and multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) players.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.