Patent ID: 7948160

Claim:
An optical device comprising one or a plurality of self light emitting elements, each of which serves as one pixel and includes a pair of electrodes formed on a substrate and at least a light emitting layer interposed between the electrodes, said one or a plurality of self light emitting elements being formed within openings formed by partitioning an insulating layer into sections, wherein said light emitting layer includes, within said openings, a first light emitting layer that at least emits light of a first color and a second light emitting layer that emits light of a second color which is different from said first color, and each pixel includes, within each of said an openings, a first light emitting region that emits light of said first color and a second light emitting region that emits light of said second color, and a third light emitting region that emits light of a color that is a mixture of said first color and said second color.