Patent ID: 7639326

Claim:
A liquid crystal device, comprising: a pair of substrates disposed opposite each other, one of the substrates being provided with a plurality of sub-pixels; a liquid crystal layer being sandwiched between the substrates; a colorant layer formed in a colored region of the one substrate; a control film that is different from the colorant layer, that is provided in a non-colored region of the one substrate, and that controls a step difference between the colored region in which the colorant layer exists and the non-colored region in which the colorant layer does not exist so that the surface of the liquid crystal layer on the one substrate corresponding to the sub-pixels is planarized; and a reflective film formed in both the colored region and the non-colored region, wherein the reflective film is positioned between the colorant layer and the one substrate in the colored region, and wherein the control film is positioned between the reflective film and the one substrate in the non-colored region.