A full color, reflective display having superior saturation and brightness
is achieved with a novel display element comprising multichromatic
elements. In one embodiment a capsule includes more than three species of
particles which differ visually. One embodiment of the display employs
three sub-pixels, each sub-pixel comprising a capsule including three
species of particles which differ visually. Another embodiment of the
display employs color filters to provide different visual states to the
user. The display element presents a visual display in response to the
application of an electrical signal to at least one of the capsules.