A light-emitting semiconductor chip and a display device are disclosed. In an embodiment a light-emitting semiconductor chip includes an emission surface formed with a plurality of first emission regions and second emission regions, wherein the first emission regions and the second emission regions are configured to emit light of a predeterminable color location, wherein the first and second emission regions are separately controllable from each other, wherein the first emission regions and second emission regions are arranged next to one another in a first plane, wherein all second emission regions form at least a part of an outer edge of the emission surface, and wherein the first emission regions have a smaller extent than the second emission regions along at least one direction lying in the first plane.