A display unit has an interlayer formed at least as one or more than one layers and arranged between a light-emitting layer and a diffractive element. The interlayer has a thickness not less than 500 nm and not more than 2,000 nm and an average refractive index greater than a refractive index of the light-emitting layer. The optical path length of the interlayer defined as a product of multiplication of its average refractive index by its thickness satisfies the requirement shown below: ( m + 0.1 ) 2 · 1 - ( n L n m ) 2 ≤ n m ⅆ ≤ ( m + 0.6 ) · λ 0 2 · 1 - ( n L n m ) 2 where m is an integer not less than 0; λ0 is a wavelength in vacuum; nm is the average refractive index of the interlayer; d is the thickness of the interlayer; and nL is the refractive index of the light-emitting layer.