A driving method for a color electrophoretic display includes receiving an RGB input color image; mapping the RGB color image to an electrophoretic destination space defined by an electrophoretic color gamut to generate a color destination space image; dithering the color destination space image to generate a dithered color image; identifying neutral portions of the dithered color image; converting the RGB color image to a black and white image; mapping the black and white image to a black and white electrophoretic destination space to generate a black and white destination space image; dithering the black and white destination space image to generate a dithered black and white image; merging the dithered color image and the dithered black and white image by replacing neutral portions of the dithered color image with corresponding portions of the dithered black and white image to generate a merged color image; and displaying the merged image.