A multi-color light-emitting micro-cavity light-emitting diode device, comprising: a) a substrate; b) a reflective electrode and a semi-transparent electrode formed over the substrate and an unpatterned white-light-emitting layer formed between the reflective electrode and the semi-transparent electrode, the reflective electrode, semi-transparent electrode, and unpatterned white-light-emitting layer forming an optical cavity (60, 62, 64, 66), and wherein either the reflective or semi-transparent electrode (12, 16) is patterned to form a plurality of independently-controllable light-emitting sub-pixel elements (50, 52, 54, 56); and c) a plurality of color filters (40R, 40G, 40B) formed over a side of the semi-transparent electrode opposite the unpatterned white light-emitting-layer in correspondence with the independently-controllable light-emitting elements (50, 52, 54, 56) to form colored sub-pixels (50, 52, 54), the plurality of color filters (40R, 40G, 40B) having at least two different colors, characterized in that: d) at least one independently-controllable light-emitting element has at least two commonly-controlled portions (56B, 56Y) that together emit substantially white light to form a white sub-pixel; and e) the optical cavity of one or more of the commonly-controlled portions (56B, 56Y) of the white sub-pixel comprises a plurality of optical micro-cavities (66B, 66Y), each optical micro-cavity (66B, 66Y) tuned to emit light at a different complementary wavelength at an emission angle, wherein at least one of the commonly-controlled portions (56B, 56Y) of the white sub-pixel is tuned to emit light at a peak wavelength different from the peak wavelengths of the colored sub-pixels (50, 52, 54). a) a substrate; b) a reflective electrode and a semi-transparent electrode formed over the substrate and an unpatterned white-light-emitting layer formed between the reflective electrode and the semi-transparent electrode, the reflective electrode, semi-transparent electrode, and unpatterned white-light-emitting layer forming an optical cavity (60, 62, 64, 66), and wherein either the reflective or semi-transparent electrode (12, 16) is patterned to form a plurality of independently-controllable light-emitting sub-pixel elements (50, 52, 54, 56); and c) a plurality of color filters (40R, 40G, 40B) formed over a side of the semi-transparent electrode opposite the unpatterned white light-emitting-layer in correspondence with the independently-controllable light-emitting elements (50, 52, 54, 56) to form colored sub-pixels (50, 52, 54), the plurality of color filters (40R, 40G, 40B) having at least two different colors, d) at least one independently-controllable light-emitting element has at least two commonly-controlled portions (56B, 56Y) that together emit substantially white light to form a white sub-pixel; and e) the optical cavity of one or more of the commonly-controlled portions (56B, 56Y) of the white sub-pixel comprises a plurality of optical micro-cavities (66B, 66Y), each optical micro-cavity (66B, 66Y) tuned to emit light at a different complementary wavelength at an emission angle, wherein at least one of the commonly-controlled portions (56B, 56Y) of the white sub-pixel is tuned to emit light at a peak wavelength different from the peak wavelengths of the colored sub-pixels (50, 52, 54).