Patent ID: 6850293

Claim:
A liquid crystal display for displaying an image to be visible for a viewer, comprising: a liquid crystal; a pair of electrodes for controlling an orientation of at least a part of the liquid crystal in accordance with an electric field between the electrodes; a light source for generating a light to be transmitted through the liquid crystal to the viewer; a pair of first and second polarizer plates, the first polarizer plate being arranged between the liquid crystal and the light source, and the second polarizer plate being arranged between the liquid crystal and the viewer; and an absorber arranged between the light source and the viewer for absorbing a component of the light having a wavelength which is not more than 440 nm and having a permeability for the component of the light having the wavelength of not more than 440 nm which is smaller than a permeability for another component of the light having a wavelength which is not less than 450 nm.