It looks awesome. Also you could create a greysclaed image for favicon, upload it to imgur and dynamically insert it in page header tag.
But I would suggest that you don’t remove colors. These colors are not just for making site visually pleasing, instead they play vital roles for distinguishing between radical, kanji and vocab.
More importantly since kanji usually teach On’yomi and vocab version teaches Kun’Yomi, Colors can help you remember which reading is On’yomi and which is Kun’yomi. It is crucial to remember the difference. But I guess you know all this already
Even though grey scaled color are still distinguishable, a better approach would be to use color which are warmer to eye and are different from each other.