This invention provides a display element that has a simple member construction, can be driven at a low voltage, has high display contrast and white display reflectance, and has reduced unevenness in images. The display element comprises opposed electrodes and an electrolyte containing silver or a compound containing silver in its chemical structure and a porous white scattered material provided between the opposed electrodes. The opposed electrodes are driven and operated so that silver is dissolved and precipitated. The display element is characterized in that the porous white scattered material is formed by coating an intimate water mixture containing titanium oxide, an aqueous polymer for binding the titanium oxide, and a thickening polysaccharide onto at least one of the opposed electrodes, and then drying the coating.