Abstract: The color monitor has a cathode-ray tube adapted to generate a single electron beam with different energy levels depending on the primary color to be displayed on a screen which has at least one layer of electroluminescent material, and a control circuit for the sequential display of the primary colors. The cathode-ray tube defines a capacitor charged to voltages which differ in value according to the color to be displayed. Generators are provided which are adapted to generate an overcurrent in the capacitor and to cause its rapid discharge at the end of the display of the color signal with higher energy.