Multi-primary color (MPC) display is a display that can reproduce a wider gamut of color than conventional displays. In addition to the standard

RGB The RGB color model is an additive color model in which the red, green, and blue primary colors of light are added together in various ways to reproduce a broad array of colors. The name of the model comes from the initials of the three ...

(Red Green and Blue) color subpixels, the technology utilizes additional colors, such as

yellow Yellow is the color between green and orange on the spectrum of light. It is evoked by light with a dominant wavelength of roughly 575585 nm. It is a primary color in subtractive color systems, used in painting or color printing. In t ...

magenta Magenta () is a purple-red color. On color wheels of the RGB color model, RGB (additive) and subtractive color, CMY (subtractive) color models, it is located precisely midway between blue and red. It is one of the four colors of ink used in colo ...

and

cyan Cyan () is the color between blue and green on the visible spectrum of light. It is evoked by light with a predominant wavelength between 500 and 520 nm, between the wavelengths of green and blue. In the subtractive color system, or CMYK c ...

, and thus increases the range of displayable colors that the human eye can see. Sharp's Quattron is the brand name of an

LCD A liquid-crystal display (LCD) is a flat-panel display or other electronically modulated optical device that uses the light-modulating properties of liquid crystals combined with polarizers to display information. Liquid crystals do not em ...

color display technology that utilizes a yellow fourth color subpixel. It is used in Sharp's

Aquos The Sharp Aquos is a product brand name for LCD televisions, component screens, tablets and smartphones, originally sold by Sharp Corporation of Japan and also used by licensees. History It encompasses small, portable models (e.g. the 13" ...

LCD TV product line, particularly in models with screens 40 inches across and larger.Aquos product information at Sharp website
/ref>

References

External links

Aquos LCD TV (Sharp website)
– ''Technical assessment of Quattron TV by David Mackenzie at HDTVtest''
GENOA Color Technologies
{{Color topics Liquid crystal displays Consumer electronics Color depths Color space