Abstract: A color display apparatus for forming, on a display surface, a color image of superimposed color images, the display apparatus having a first color modulation channel for forming a first color two-dimensional image using a laser light source for providing a first color source beam, a linear spatial light modulator for modulating the first color source beam, and a scanning element for scanning the modulated light beam to form a first color two-dimensional image. A second color modulation channel forms a second color two-dimensional image using an incoherent light source for providing a second color source beam to an area spatial light modulator for modulating the second color source beam to form a second color two-dimensional image. A projection lens then projects a superimposed color image of the first color two-dimensional image and the second color two-dimensional image and any third color two-dimensional image.