Patent ID: 7630032

Claim:
A liquid crystal display comprising: a liquid crystal panel driven based on image signals; a light source emitting light for illuminating the liquid crystal panel; and a light selective transmission filter, which has wavelength selective transmission characteristics corresponding to spectral characteristics of the light source, selectively transmits light generated from the light source in the specific wavelength regions based on the wavelength selective transmission characteristics, and guides the transmitted light to the liquid crystal panel, wherein light from the light source has respective intensity peaks at least in a red region, a green region, and a blue region, light transmittance in the red region, the green region, and the blue region of the light selective transmission filter is 80% or more, and the rest of the red, green and blue region includes wavelength regions whose light transmittance is 10% or less adjacent to the green region, wherein light transmittance of the light selective transmission filter in wavelength regions of 440±20 nm, 525±25 nm and 665±45 nm is 80% or more, and that in wavelength regions from about 470 to 485 nm and about 575 to 595 nm is 10% or less.