Patent ID: 7068255

Claim:
A display device for displaying a color image comprising: a display panel comprising a plurality of pixels located in a matrix, where each of the plurality of pixels has a switching element; a pointing device for pointing to identify a first portion in a color selecting portion on the display panel so as to select a color and for pointing to identify a second portion on the display panel after selecting the color on the display panel so as to select a locus for the selected color; a coordinate detector for outputting first data derived from X-coordinate data and Y-coordinate data corresponding to the identified first portion and second data derived from X-coordinate data and Y-coordinate data corresponding to the identified second portion; a color designator for setting, using the first data, color data corresponding to the selected color; a memory device including storage regions for storing the color data; a memory controller for generating an address corresponding to the second data, the address identifying the second portion on the display panel where the color is to be output; and an output controller for outputting video data to the display panel, wherein the video data is generated by using the color data and the address.