Abstract: Disclosed a method for stereoscopic display using a color parallax barrier consisting of interleaved bands of color filters, allowing left and right eyes to see different color components of the same screen pixels through different color filters, and having left and right images displayed together on screen by combining in same screen pixel color components from left image visible to left eye through color filter and different color components from right image visible to right eye through different color filter. Also disclosed methods for a color parallax barrier that can be activated or inactivated, allowing switching between full-resolution two-dimensional display and three-dimensional stereoscopic display.