A top emission type organic light emitting display apparatus that can improve contrast without using a black matrix and can simply the manufacture of a color filter. The top emission type organic light emitting display apparatus includes a substrate, an organic light emitting device arranged on the substrate and including a first electrode layer and a second electrode layer arranged opposite to each other and an organic light emitting layer arranged between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer, an encapsulating member arranged to encapsulate the organic light emitting device, a polarizing film arranged on the encapsulating member and a color filter arranged between the encapsulating member and the polarizing film, the color filter being arranged directly on the polarizing film.