Color image display devices comprising structural color pixels that are selectively activated and/or deactivated by material deposition

A color image display device, comprising more than one layer of generic substrates that has a curved surface and the color image display device is manufactured by mounting each individual generic substrate to a rolling drum;

• and wherein multiple color image display devices are manufactured in a roll-to-roll scheme using a method for manufacturing the color image display device, the method including:
• determining a desired color image or color pattern;
• generating a binary print pattern;
• and selectively depositing ink material in accordance with the binary print pattern onto individual pixels of a pixel layer of that generic substrate, said pixel layer being generic to any pattern and including at least one type of structural pixels, each pixel defined by at least one microstructure or nanostructure having at least one specific optical property including a specific optical band or a specific color, the deposited ink material being aligned with that generic substrate, the deposited ink material being formed into at least one thin-film dot for each of said individual pixels, at least one or both sides of the thin-film dots having structures conformal to the structures of the pixels in contact, wherein each said generic substrate displays at least one color and a specific pattern is defined on each said generic substrate separately by the selectively depositing ink material.