Patent ID: 7764340

Claim:
A liquid crystal display comprising: a luminous unit which emits light including visible light; a liquid crystal layer having a plurality of first window regions whose states are each selectively switched between a light-transmitting state that transmits light emitted from the luminous unit and a light-shielding state that shields the light; and an optical interference film member having a plurality of second window regions arranged over the plurality of first window regions and one or more boundary regions existing between adjacent second window regions, wherein: the optical interference film member includes: first and second λ/4 multilayers, λ being of a wavelength that is substantially in a center of an overall distribution range of wavebands transmitted through the plurality of second window regions, each of the λ/4 multilayers including a plurality of dielectric layers whose optical film thickness is λ/4 each, and a first spacer layer whose optical film thickness is different from λ/4, the first spacer layer being sandwiched between the λ/4 multilayers.