Liquid crystal color display device having plural color filters per segment electrode

Claim 1

A liquid crystal color display device comprising: at least one first patterned electrodes and at least one second electrodes formed on a pair of opposed transparent substrates, respectively, for applying an electric field across a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between said first and second electrodes, each of said first electrodes defining, together with a one mating second electrode, a display element operable for display in a particular color; and a filter layer formed for each of said first electrodes on one of said substrates, said filter layer being supported by said one substrate and placed in an optical path of light having entered the display device, in which the filter layer formed for at least one of said first electrodes includes at least two kinds of plural filtering segments, a first kind of filtering segments among said at least two kinds being made of a material having optical characteristics to pass therethrough light having wavelengths representative of a first color, and a second kind of filtering segments among said at least two kinds being made of a material having optical characteristics to pass therethrough light having wavelengths representative of a second color, said at least two kinds of plural filtering segments being arranged so that the display element including said at least two kinds of plural filtering segments gives, when activated, a display in a color of a hue visually perceived different, as viewed at a distance, from those of said filtering segments.