a display device includes : a light emission control part which allows a light source to emit the light having one of the plural different main wavelengths in each of plural sub frames ; a display panel which controls the transmission of light in each pixel ; and a display control part which controls the display panel corresponding to a gray level value with respect to the each pixel , wherein the light emitting control part performs the light emission of light having a first main wavelength in a first sub frame in accordance with a light emission amount weighted based on a time for calculation including a first interval which is a interval between the first sub frame where the first main wavelength is emitted and a second sub frame where the first main wavelength is emitted after the first sub frame .