Process for imagewise opening and filling color display components and color displays manufactured thereof

A process for manufacturing a multicolor electrophoretic display, comprising the steps of:

• a) filling display cells with a filler material;
• b) selectively opening filled cells and removing the filler material from the opened cells;
• c) filling said opened cells with a display fluid and a dispersion of a sealing material which has a specific gravity lower than that of the display fluid;
• d) sealing said opened and filled cells of (c) by hardening the dispersion of the sealing material during or after it phase separates and forms a supernatant layer above the display fluid;
• and
• e) repeating the above a) through d) processing steps sequentially with one or more different color display fluids until the multicolor display is formed.