Patent ID: 8240901

Claim:
A display apparatus ( 1 ) with a display unit ( 11 ), comprising means for background lighting at a side or the back of the display apparatus ( 1 ), said means for background lighting comprise two illumination units ( 4 ) being provided at the right-hand and left-hand of the display apparatus ( 1 ), said illumination units ( 4 ) being formed as substantially vertically positioned, longitudinal light guides ( 6 ) comprising means for coupling out light, each of the light guides ( 6 ) being provided on both ends with a light source ( 9 ), wherein the display apparatus ( 1 ) further comprises means for controlling the color of the background lighting, and a control circuit for controlling the color of each of the light sources ( 9 ) in dependence of a color of a part of the display unit ( 11 ) which is close to the light source ( 9 ), characterized in that the light sources ( 9 ) are individually controlled for outputting different colors at each end of the light guides ( 6 ) so as to achieve a color mixing in the light guides ( 6 ).