a multi - mode liquid crystal display capable of functioning in a multi - mode , a monochrome reflective mode and a color transmissive mode . one embodiment provides an lcd with color filters only over most or all of the transmissive part of a pixel but only part of the reflective portion of a pixel , enabling readability in the ambient light . embodiments eliminate the black matrix mask used typically in color filter creation . additionally , an embodiment provides diagonal pixels to improve the resolution of the lcd in the color transmissive mode . further , an embodiment enables the light to switch between two colors , while a third color is always on , thereby decreasing the required frame rate of the lcd , when used in the hybrid field sequential approach . yet another embodiment creates colors from the backlight , eliminating the need for color filters . another embodiment involves use of color filters over only the green pixels , eliminating the need for using additional masks for making the color filter array .