A method for rendering a full-color image onto an image display device, comprising the steps of: a) obtaining a full-color input image signal representing three or more spatially coincident color values at a plurality of different spatial locations in a two-dimensional image array; b) providing a display having a plurality of at least two colors of spatially distinct light-emitting elements arranged within a two-dimensional display array; c) providing a plurality of different rendering computations, each rendering computation capable of computing a different display drive signal value for each of the plurality of light-emitting elements depending on the color values of the full-color input image signal at two or more different spatial locations and depending on differences in the color, location, or number of light-emitting elements in the display array relative to the color, location or number of color values in the image array; d) analyzing the spatial content of the full-color input image signal to select a preferred rendering computation or combination of rendering computations from among the plurality of different rendering computations for each light-emitting element; e) employing the preferred rendering computation or combination of rendering computations to form a rendered image display drive signal, the rendered image drive signal defining a value for driving each of the light-emitting elements within the two-dimensional display array; and f) displaying the rendered image on the image display.