light guides 608 which are also perpendicular to each other these light guides also then transmit the light into a collective light guide 612 in other embodiments different configurations may be combined to provide light sources with more than two lamps e g combining these two configurations so that 3 lamps are used fig7 shows a color modulator 725 placed between a lamp 705 and a light integrator 708 according to an embodiment of the present invention in one aspect the color modulator 725 is close or at a focus point of the reflector of the lamp the color modulators 725 operate to filter certain wavelengths or colors of a light source such operation is further described in the andersen patent referenced above in one embodiment each lamp 705 has its own color modulator which are synchronized to each other during operation fig8 a shows a color wheel with 4 segments shows here by red green blue and white according to an embodiment of the present invention the sequence of the colors can vary and are not be limited strictly to combinations or ordering of r g b w or r g b fig8 b shows a color wheel with primary colors r g b and secondary colors cyan magenta and yellow according to an embodiment of the present invention the sequence of the color can be any and are not limited to use of cyan magenta and yellow as the specific secondary colors the description above has been focused on single display systems however embodiments may also be used with multiple.