Patent ID: 7457024

Claim:
An image display device comprising: a display layer that comprises a photochromic compound and whose regions, which have been irradiated with visible light, can be optically rewritten in a color corresponding to the color of visible light irradiated thereon; a light-emitting layer in which a plurality of luminescent elements are arranged in a matrix pattern, the elements irradiating visible light to each differing region of the display layer by emitting light; a drive unit provided with an obtaining unit that obtains image data, the drive unit driving, on the basis of image data obtained by the obtaining unit, each luminescent element corresponding to each pixel of an image according to the image data, to irradiate the visible light of a color corresponding to each pixel of the image; and a support substrate on which the drive unit, the light-emitting layer, and the display layer are sequentially layered.