The invention provides a method for driving an electrophoretic display device, which suppress the display of a blank image and the display of an image after a waiting period and provide an improved display quality. The method for driving the electrophoretic display device that includes a display unit having a plurality of pixels and an electrophoretic element provided between a pair of substrates is provided. The method includes displaying on the display unit a third image that includes an image component of a first image and an image component of a second image before changing the first image displayed on the display unit to the second image.