An embodiment of the present application discloses an image display method and device. The method includes: determining a first preset parameter of each partition of a backlight relative to a first frame image when a display request for the first frame image is detected, the preset parameter comprising grayscale and/or backlight brightness; acquiring a second preset parameter of each partition of the backlight relative to a second frame image, the second frame image being a previous frame image of the first frame image; determining a grayscale compensation coefficient of a first frame image according to the first preset parameter and the second preset parameter; determining a backlight coefficient of each partition of the first frame image; and driving the backlight according to the determined backlight coefficient of each partition and driving a display screen according to the grayscale compensation coefficient to display the first frame image.