Abstract: This invention describes a method for producing a display element for an electrowetting display with the steps: Provision of a display chamber (10) with a first volume, the bottom of which is formed by a first intermediate film (60) which has a first opening, whereby the display chamber (10) is closed by an at least partly transparent cover (14; 14a, 14b) which is at some distance from the first intermediate film (16); provision of a reservoir chamber (20) for fluid with a second volume, the bottom of which is formed by a substrate and which has a second intermediate film (26) at some distance from it which closes the reservoir chamber (20) and has a second opening; provision of a quantity of fluid which is greater than both the first volume as well as the second volume but is less than the sum of the first volume and second volume; division of the quantity of fluid into a first partial drop (40a) and a second partial drop (40b); introduction of the first partial drop (40a) into the display chamber (10); intr