Patent ID: 8120731

Claim:
A color filter having a color pattern formed therein, comprising: a substrate; banks on said substrate; and a colored layer, provided and patterned between said banks by an ink-jet printer, having an average thickness wherein a thickness at any specific point on the colored layer may vary up to plus or minus 20% from the average, said banks having or containing an ink-repelling agent and/or an upper apex portion of said banks having ink repelling ability, said colored layer having both an end portion and a center portion, said center portion of said colored layer having in part a receded portion, a thickness of said colored layer at said receded portion in said center portion being smaller than a thickness of said colored layer at a portion which is in said center portion and which surrounds said receded portion, and a thickness of said colored layer at said receded portion in said center portion being larger than a thickness of said colored layer at a portion which is in said end portion and at which said colored layer is not formed on said banks.