Patent ID: 7866859

Claim:
A display device for a vehicle, comprising: a first display unit having a first light source for emitting light and a liquid crystal display illuminated by the light emitted from the first light source, the liquid crystal display displaying first information at an intensity higher than an intensity of a first background area that is on a periphery of the first information in the liquid crystal display; a second display unit having a second light source and a third light source for emitting light and a display portion that displays second information, the second information illuminated by the light emitted from the third light source and displayed at an intensity higher than an intensity of a second background area that is illuminated by the light emitted from the second light source, the second background area being on a periphery of the second information in the display portion; and an optical coloring member that adjusts an illuminating color and a brightness of the second background area to substantially coincide with an illuminating color and a brightness, respectively, of the first background area when both of the first light source and the second light source light up to illuminate the liquid crystal display and the optical coloring member, respectively.