A color cathode ray tube includes a panel section having an internal surface with a phosphor layer formed thereon and a neck portion accommodating therein an electron gun assembly for emission of a plurality of electron beams plus a funnel section connecting the panel section and the neck portion together, wherein the electron gun assembly is designed to have a plate-shaped electrode with a plurality of electron beam passage holes corresponding in the number to the electron beams. The plate electrode has cylindrical bulged portions projecting in a way corresponding to the plurality of electron beams, each of which portion has its top face in which an electron beam opening or hole is formed. The present invention provides a color cathode ray tube comprising a readily manufacturable high-resolution electron gun assembly.