A television receiver of projection type including a color cathode ray tube having a phosphor face forming a color phosphor pattern, a projection screen, a projection lens for projecting an image on the cathode ray tube on the projection screen, and a prism plate having a plurality of prisms disposed in front of the color cathode ray tube for splitting a light path from the color cathode ray tube so as to shift the images relative to each other by a predetermined distance on the projection screen, wherein the inclination angle of each prism of the prism plate is selected different between at central portion and at peripheral portion.