An electrophoretic display includes an electrophoretic panel, a substrate, and a processor. The electrophoretic panel includes a plurality of charged particles. A conductive layer is deposed on the substrate, and the conductive layer is coupled to the electrophoretic panel. The processor is coupled to the conductive layer for generating a background signal to drive the plurality of charged particles to display a background and a foreground signal to drive the plurality of charged particles to display a foreground. The background signal is longer than a period for the foreground signal displaying the foreground.