Patent ID: 8488089

Claim:
A liquid crystal panel, comprising: a first polarizing plate and a second polarizing plate; a first substrate and a second substrate, which are disposed between the first polarizing plate and the second polarizing plate; a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate; and a first optically anisotropic layer disposed between the first polarizing plate and the first substrate, wherein: the liquid crystal layer includes liquid crystal molecules in horizontal alignment; the liquid crystal molecules are rotated by an electric field in a direction parallel to an in-plane direction of the first substrate; when a largest refractive index in a plane of the first optically anisotropic layer is denoted by n 1 x, a refractive index in a direction orthogonal to a direction of the largest refractive index n 1 x is denoted by n 1 y, and a refractive index in a thickness direction of the first optically anisotropic layer is denoted by n 1 z, n 1 x≠n 1 y≠n 1 z is satisfied; when a polar angle of the first optically anisotropic layer with respect to an in-plane vertical direction is denoted by φ 1 , the first optically anisotropic layer compensates for a polarized state of any light having a wavelength of 530 nm or larger and 560 nm or smaller that enters the first optically anisotropic layer; and the first optically anisotropic layer has a dichroic maximum value in a range of 430 nm or larger and 470 nm or smaller and has a dichroic maximum value in a range of 600 nm or larger and 650 nm or smaller when φ 1 ≠0 is satisfied.