Pure and doped niobium oxide (Nb
2
O
5
) layers are electrochromic (EC) materials which change their color by insertion of Li
+
ions from transparent to brown, grey or blue depending on the crystallinity of the layer. EC-devices with the configuration K-glass/EC-layer/composite electrolyte/ion-storage (IS) layer/K-glass, were produced using different Nb
2
O
5
EC-layers, a (CeO
2
)
x
(TiO
2
)
1-x
(x = 0.45) IS-layer and an inorganic-organic composite electrolyte to which a small amount of water (up to 3 wt.%) was added. The grey coloring all-solid-state sol-gel devices fabricated with Nb
2
O
5
:MO coatings show a high reversible coloration (∆OD = 0.3) and a long-term stability of more than 55000 switching cycles. Large area EC-devices (30 x 40 cm) show a transmittance change between 60% and 25% at 550 nm after galvanostatic coloration and bleaching for 3 min and a coloration efficiency of 27 cm
2
/C. The results obtained with blue and brown coloring Nb
2
O
5
EC-layers and a comparison with blue coloring WO
3
layers are also presented.