Display device

A display device comprising:

• a display area including a plurality of pixels arrayed next to one another in a first direction and in a second direction that is different from the first direction;
• and
• a control circuit, wherein
• each of the pixels includes
• a light-emitting element configured to emit light by a current flowing therethrough,
• a drive transistor,
• a shut-off transistor, and
• a holding capacitance,
• while one terminal of the light-emitting element is coupled to one of a source and a drain of the drive transistor, a first potential is supplied to the other terminal of the light-emitting element,
• a second potential that is higher than the first potential is supplied to the other one of the source and the drain of the drive transistor via the shut-off transistor,
• the shut-off transistor supplies or shuts off the second potential to the drive transistor,
• the holding capacitance is coupled between the source and a gate of the drive transistor, and
• the control circuit
• controls the shut-off transistor to have the shut-off transistor on, thereby supplying the second potential to the drive transistor and writing an initialization potential into the gate of the drive transistor,
• thereafter controls the shut-off transistor to have the shut-off transistor off, thereby shutting off supply of the second potential,
• writes a video writing potential resulting from a video signal into the gate of the drive transistor, and
• sets the initialization potential in a manner such that, as a luminance set value for luminance of the video signal is smaller, a potential difference between the source and the gate of the drive transistor is larger.