Transflective liquid crystal display

So imagine you have a really cool toy with lots of lights on it. But sometimes when you play with it outside on a sunny day, it's hard to see the lights because the sun is too bright.

That's kind of like how a normal liquid crystal display (LCD) works. The screen has a light behind it that shines through liquid crystals to make the picture. But when it's bright outside, it can be hard to see the picture because the light from the sun overpowers the picture.

A transflective LCD is like a special superhero LCD that can see through the brightness! Instead of just relying on the light behind the screen, it also uses the light from the sun (or other bright light source) to make the picture. It's like having two lights instead of one!

This means that when you're outside on a sunny day, you can still see your cool toy with all the lights on it. And it's not just toys that use transflective LCDs - they're also used in things like car dashboards and some types of cell phone screens.