Patent ID: 8493529

Claim:
A liquid crystal display device, comprising: a first substrate including; a pixel electrode arranged in an active area to display an image in the first substrate, a seal area surrounding the active area, and a first pillar-shaped spacer arranged adjacent to the active area and a second pillar-shaped spacer arranged adjacent to the seal area in an intermediate area located between the active area and the seal area, a second substrate including; a peripheral light shielding layer extending from the intermediate area to the seal area, a first color filter of a first width laminated on the peripheral light shielding layer right above the first pillar-shaped spacer in the shape of a belt or an island, a second color filter of a second width different from the first width, the second color filter being laminated on the peripheral light shielding layer right above the second pillar-shaped spacer in the shape of a belt or an island, and an overcoat layer laminated on the first and second color filters, a seal material arranged on the seal area of the first substrate to attach the first and second substrates in the shape of a closed loop; and a liquid crystal layer held between the first and second substrates; wherein the thickness of the overcoat layer arranged between the first pillar-shaped spacer and the first color filter is smaller than that arranged between the second pillar-shaped spacer and the second color filter.