An electrophoretic display panel and a method for driving an electrophoretic display panel in which the drive pulse, i.e. the grey scale pulse, to bring an element from a preceding optical state to an optical state is split in more than one sub-pulses. A more gradual introduction of the grey scale is thereby achieved reducing the suddenness of the transition form one image to another. Preferably application of the grey scale potential differences is preceded by application of reset pulses in which case the preceding optical state is an extreme optical state.