Mask for color picture tube

This application makes reference to, incorporates the same herein, and claims all benefits accruing under 35 U.S.C. §119 from my application filed with the Korean Industrial Property Office on Jul. 12, 2000 and there duly assigned Ser. No. 39984/2000. A tension mask for a color picture tube includes a plurality of strips separated a predetermined distance from each other and parallel to each other, and a plurality of real bridges for connecting the neighboring strips and forming slots through which electron beams pass, the number of the real bridges gradually decreasing from the central portion of the tension mask to the peripheral portion thereof.