Ferroelectric color liquid crystal device lacking alignment defects

DETAILED DESCRIPTION An object of the present invention is to provide a liquid crystal device improved in generation of the alignment defect which is attributable to the stepped difference within the substrate plane caused by arrangement of color filters within the cell.
More specifically, the present invention has the specific features in a liquid crystal device which has minimized the influence onto alignment stability of the ferroelectric liquid crystal by the stepped difference caused by arrangement of color filters within the cell, namely firstly in a liquid crystal device comprising: (a) a pair of transparent electrodes having a plurality of confronting portions formed there-between; (b) a pair of substrates supporting each of said pair of transparent electrodes; (c) a group of color filters comprising a plurality of color filters arranged on the innerside of at least one of the above pair of substrates and arranged at positions corresponding to each of said plurality of confronting portions, provided that the relationship of 0.
ltoreq.
.
alpha.
.
ltoreq.
5 is satisfied where .
alpha.
(.
mu.
m) is the interval of the color filter between the adjacent confronting portions; and (d) a ferroelectric liquid crystal arranged between said pair of substrates; secondly in a liquid crystal device comprising: (a) a pair of transparent electrodes having a plurality of confronting portions formed there-between; (b) a pair of substrates supporting each of said pair of transparent electrodes; (c) a group of color filters comprising a plurality of color filters arranged on the innerside of at least one of the above pair of substrates and arranged at positions corresponding to each of said plurality of confronting portions, provided that the color filters positioned at at least two confronting portions of the plural confronting portions are different in film thickness and the relationship of X.
ltoreq.
(1/10).
multidot.
d.
sub.
0 is satisfied where d.
sub.
0 is the interval (.
mu.
m) between the above pair of substrates and X(