Nutshell Explanation of Liquid Color Displays

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Liquid color displays, specifically liquid crystal displays (LCDs), operate by manipulating light through liquid crystals that respond to electric fields. These crystals can be aligned in various ways, allowing them to control the passage of light and create different colors rather than simply displaying shades of light or dark. The liquid crystals are sandwiched between layers of polarizing filters and glass, which helps to confine the images to small areas, effectively forming pixels. The color display is achieved through a combination of the liquid crystal's properties and the use of colored filters or backlighting. For further reading, resources like HowStuffWorks provide detailed explanations of the technology behind LCDs.
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Can anyone give me a fairly brief explanation of how liquid color displays work, and why they display color, instead of just a lightened color for charged areas, and black for uncharged areas.

Lastly, I've no idea why these devices display color, what the liquid is composed of, what physical properties the liquid has that makes these devices display color and confine the images in the liquid to tiny areas (that for lack of a better word, could be called pixels).

If anyone knows of a good URL to locate articles about such thngs, that would be appreciated, as alternative, or as well as an explanation, if you don't mind. Thanks.
 
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