A drive circuit of an active matrix type organic EL display panel includes a drive current generator circuit for generating drive currents corresponding to the red, green and blue colors in a predetermined sequence in response to a RGB switching signal and a current switching circuit having a first, second and third output terminals corresponding to the respective red, green and blue colors, the current switching circuit adapted to select one of the first, second and third output terminals in the predetermined sequence in response to the RGB switching signal, generate currents for charging the capacitors of the pixel circuits for the red, green and blue colors in response to the drive currents and output the charging current to the output terminals.