Abstract: A color image display device has an auxiliary means for compensating brightness simply and inexpensively by using an electron gun of a cathode ray tube. Brightness uniformity is improved in the image display device having a flat-type color cathode ray tube with a glass panel having a high wedge ratio and a low transmissibility. The color image display includes a panel housing a screen on an inner face thereof, a funnel engaged with the panel; an electron gun engaged with a neck portion of the funnel for emitting electron beams toward the screen, a deflection device for displaying an image by deflecting the electron beams emitted from the electron gun in horizontal and vertical directions with respect to the screen, and a cathode ray tube including a shadow mask aligned from the screen at a predetermined distance.

Abstract: It is an object of the invention to provide a color image display device having an auxiliary means for compensating brightness simply and inexpensively, by using an electron gun of a cathode ray tube.