Color filters formed sequentially with intervening protective films for flat panel displays

A color filter for a flat panel display in which there is a plurality of pixel locations made up of individual component color sub pixel elements positioned on a transparent substrate, comprising in combination:

• a first component color sub pixel element in contact with a surface of said substrate positioned at a first location in an assigned pixel area of said substrate,
• a first protective layer of a material resistant to subsequent processing damage positioned in contact with said assigned area of said substrate surface, covering and conforming to said first component color sub pixel element,
• a second component color sub pixel element in contact with a surface of said first protective layer positioned at a second location in said assigned pixel area of said substrate,
• a second protective layer of a material resistant to subsequent processing damage positioned in contact with said first protective layer, covering and conforming to said
• second component color sub pixel element and said first sub pixel element covered by said first and second protective layers,
• a third component color sub pixel element in contact with a surface of said second protective layer positioned at a third location in said assigned pixel area, and,
• a third protective layer of a material resistant to subsequent processing damage positioned in contact with said second protective layer, covering and conforming to said third component color sub pixel element, and said first and second component color sub pixel elements covered by said first and second protective layers.