The invention discloses a display base plate, a manufacturing method thereof, a display panel and a display device. The display base plate comprises a substrate base plate, a color film layer positioned on the substrate base plate, and a flat layer positioned on the color film layer. Due to the fact that the color film layer is provided with at least one spherical groove sinking to the substrate base plate, the flat layer can form a structure similar to a convex lens array; when the refractive index of the color film layer is smaller than that of the flat layer, light can be gathered when passing through an interface between the flat layer and the color film layer; when the display base plate is applied to the display panel, a viewing angle of the display panel can be reduced, so that the peep-proof function of the display panel can be achieved without a peep-proof film; moreover, the light is gathered when passing through the interface between the flat layer and the color film layer, so that the display brightness of a positive viewing angle of the display panel can also be improved, and the power consumption of the display panel can be reduced under the same display brightness.