The invention discloses a reflective
display device and a driving method, the reflective
display device comprises a first bistable
liquid crystal box and a light
absorption layer, the first bistable
liquid crystal box comprises a
color film substrate, a first array substrate and a first bistable
liquid crystal layer, the first bistable liquid
crystal layer is provided with first bistable liquid
crystal molecules, and the first bistable liquid
crystal molecules are arranged in the first bistable liquid crystal box. All the first bistable liquid crystal molecules reflect invisible light rays in the reflection state, and the light
absorption layer is arranged on the side, facing the first array substrate, of the first bistable liquid crystal box. By controlling the first bistable liquid crystal molecules to present
fog states with different
haze degrees, the pixels can realize gray scale display with different brightness degrees, and the
haze degrees of the
fog states of the first bistable liquid crystal molecules can be adjusted through the driving
voltage, so that the pixels can realize more gray scales; the reflective
display device can achieve color reflective display with a good display effect by being matched with the
color film substrate, and is simple in structure, small in box thickness and lower in manufacturing cost.