Patent ID: 7330229

Claim:
A color filter including a large number of colored layers of a plurality of colors regularly arranged together, wherein: x WH −0.05 ≦x B ≦x WH +0.05 and y WH −0.05 ≦y B ≦y WH +0.05 or x WH −0.10 ≦x B ≦x WH and y WH −0.10 ≦y B ≦y WH is satisfied, where (x WH , y WH ) is a chromaticity in a CIE 1931 chromaticity diagram when the filter alone is irradiated with light to produce a white display, and (x B , y B ) is a chromaticity in the CIE 1931 chromaticity diagram when the filter is irradiated with the same light while being interposed between a pair of polarization plates arranged in a crossed Nicols state each having a degree of polarization of 99.98% or more.