A flat panel display apparatus includes a first substrate; a second substrate disposed facing the first substrate, barrier walls disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate and partitioning unit pixels, first electrodes disposed on a surface of the first substrate facing the second substrate and located in the respective unit pixels, black matrices disposed on the surface of the second substrate facing the first substrate and corresponding to the barrier walls, second electrodes disposed in regions corresponding to the black matrices between the first substrate and the second substrate, and an electrophoretic dispersion solution disposed in the unit pixels and comprising charged pigment particles and a fluid in which the charged pigment particles are dispersed.