Patent ID: 8184134

Claim:
A display apparatus effecting color display depending on three image signals for three colors including first, second and third colors of which the first color corresponds to a color of a color filter, the display apparatus comprising: a display portion having a display medium constructed to modify brightness and hue of an incident light depending on a display signal applied to the display medium, the display portion including a plurality of pixels each of which is constituted by first and second subpixels of which the first subpixel has the color filter of the first color among the three colors and emits light of the first color and of which the second subpixel emits light of the second and third colors; and a control portion generating a first display signal and a second display signal by using the three image signals for the three colors, wherein the first display signal is generated by using the image signal for the first color of the color filter and is sent to the display portion for determining a brightness of the emitting light of the first subpixel, and wherein the second display signal is generated by using the image signals for the second and third colors and is sent to the display portion for determining a hue of the emitting light of the second subpixel.