The invention provides a color
cathode ray tube capable of exhibiting excellent focusing characteristics over an entire screen by suppressing the deformation and the displacement of the planar correction
electrode plates which form the electrostatic quadruple lens. Out of focusing electrodes which face each other in an opposed manner and constitute an electrostatic quadruple lens, one focusing
electrode includes planar correction
electrode plates which extend parallel to a tube axis while sandwiching
electron beams from above and below. Here, the correction electrode plates include a reinforcing mechanism for suppressing the deformation or the displacement of the planar correction electrode plates.