A drive method for an electrophoretic cell, said cell comprising a second storage electrode, a first storage electrode, a first target area electrode, a second target area electrode, a first type of particles and a second type of particles, said second type of particles being of opposite charge polarity to the first type of particles, said target area electrodes (28, 30) and an area extending between said target area electrodes (28, 30) being a target area corresponding to a display area of the cell, the storage electrodes (22, 24) being located on the same side of the target area and the first storage electrode being positioned closest to said target area, the cell further comprising a gate electrode positioned between the first storage electrode and the target area, wherein the second storage electrode, the first storage electrode, the gate electrode, the first target area electrode, and the second target area electrode are arranged in parallel to each other, wherein transport of the particles between the electrodes takes place in one plane and the cell thus is an in-plane electrophoretic cell, said method sequentially comprising: - in a reset phase, applying electrode control signals so that said first and second type of particles are reset to determined reset positions in said cell; - in a first write phase, applying electrode control signals so that the first type of particles are moved to or from the first storage electrode and thereby change in amount in said target area and the amount of the second type of particles is retained in the target area; - in a swap phase, applying electrode control signals so that any particles of the first type at the first storage electrode will swap to the second storage electrode; - in a second write phase, applying electrode control signals so that the second type of particles are moved to or from the first storage electrode and thereby change in amount in said target area and the amount of the first type of particles is retained in the target area; and - in a spread phase, applying electrode control signals so that the first and second type of particles (32, 33) which are positioned in said target area, distribute and mix in said target area, wherein, in at least one of the write phases (120, 140), the electrode control signals are applied so that the gate electrode is set to a potential that retains the particles (32, 33) not being moved to or from the storage electrodes in amount in the target area. - in a reset phase, applying electrode control signals so that said first and second type of particles are reset to determined reset positions in said cell; - in a first write phase, applying electrode control signals so that the first type of particles are moved to or from the first storage electrode and thereby change in amount in said target area and the amount of the second type of particles is retained in the target area; - in a swap phase, applying electrode control signals so that any particles of the first type at the first storage electrode will swap to the second storage electrode; - in a second write phase, applying electrode control signals so that the second type of particles are moved to or from the first storage electrode and thereby change in amount in said target area and the amount of the first type of particles is retained in the target area; and - in a spread phase, applying electrode control signals so that the first and second type of particles (32, 33) which are positioned in said target area, distribute and mix in said target area,