Provided is a light-emitting element, and a direct-view type display, capable of expanding a color-
reproduction range. A plain-surface
light source (1) is capable of emitting light in an area corresponding to pixels by a variable light-emitting amount. A
liquid crystal cell (2b) is formed in such a manner as to correspond to each pixel on the plain-surface
light source (1). On the
liquid crystal cell (2b), a birefringent plate (3) is provided. On the birefringent plate (3), a
quantum dot layer (4) is formed. The
quantum dot layer (4) is coated in such a manner as to have a first
quantum dot layer (4a) (grain size A), and a second
quantum dot layer (4b) (grain size B: A<B). During a 1-field period, it is possible to form a state that
ultraviolet rays are guided only to the first
quantum dot layer (4a) a state that the
ultraviolet rays are guided to the both dot films (4a), (4b) at an arbitrary ratio, and a state that the
ultraviolet rays are guided only to the second
quantum dot layer (4b). This, in a case of light in red color, allows each of pixels for respective colors to create light in red color in which different red colors are mixed, for example.