Patent ID: 8823907

Claim:
An image display apparatus comprising: an image display panel, the image display panel including: first auxiliary pixels for displaying a first primary color, each of the first auxiliary pixels being provided with a first color filter for passing light of the first primary color; second auxiliary pixels for displaying a second primary color, each of the second auxiliary pixels being provided with a second color filter for passing light of the second primary color; third auxiliary pixels for displaying a third primary color, each of the third auxiliary pixels being provided with a third color filter for passing light of the third primary color; and fourth auxiliary pixels for displaying a fourth color, wherein, said first auxiliary pixels, said second auxiliary pixels, said third auxiliary pixels, and said fourth auxiliary pixels are arranged in a two-dimensional matrix, a light shielding region is disposed only within regions that surround peripheries of the fourth auxiliary pixels, the light shielding region extending, for each auxiliary fourth pixel, at least partly around a periphery of the respective fourth auxiliary pixel, the fourth auxiliary pixels are aligned in a predetermined direction, and the light shielding region is disposed so as to surround each of the fourth auxiliary pixels except at a peripheral edge facing an auxiliary pixel selected from a group consisting of a first auxiliary pixel, a second auxiliary pixel, and a third auxiliary pixel.