1. A method for producing a color image from image data, the color image having pixels, the method comprising: generating, from the image data, color image bit-planes, each color image bit-plane representing a time increment for displaying one color of a plurality of colors for each pixel of the color image, a smallest time increment for each color represented by a least significant color image bit-plane; displaying in at least one of a plurality of image sub-frame locations, for each of the plurality of colors, color patterns representing the color image bit-planes; and displaying, for at least one of the colors, at least the least significant color image bit-planes in less than all of the image sub-frame locations.