Liquid crystal display

1. A liquid crystal display comprising:

a lower panel;

an upper panel facing the lower panel and including a plurality of red color filters, green color filters, and blue color filters, the color filters having corresponding wavelengths λr, λg, and λb corresponding to red, green and blue, respectively;

a liquid crystal layer interposed between the lower and upper panels;

a first compensation film on an outer surface of the lower panel or the upper panel, wherein the first compensation film has phase retardation values Rth_r, Rth_g, and Rth_b in a thickness direction of the first compensation film and corresponding to the wavelengths of red, green, and blue, respectively;

a lower polarizer disposed on the outer surface of the lower panel; and

an upper polarizer on the outer surface of the upper panel, wherein the liquid crystal layer, the lower and upper polarizers and the lower and upper panels have phase retardation values RthL_r, RthL_g, and RthL_b in a thickness direction and corresponding to red, green, and blue wavelengths respectively;

wherein the wavelengths and phase retardation values satisfy the equation

0.21

≤

Rth_r

-

Rthc_r

λ

⁢

⁢

r

=

Rth_g

-

Rthc_g

λ

⁢

⁢

g

=

Rth_b

-

Rthc_b

λ

⁢

⁢

b

≤

0.24

.

2. The liquid crystal display of claim 1 ,

wherein the liquid crystal layer has first, second and third cell-gap portions corresponding to the red, green and blue filters, respectively, the first, second and third cell-gap portions having cell gaps Dr, Dg and Db, respectively, and

wherein the cell gaps Dr, Dg and Db satisfy the equation 0 μm≦Dg−Db, and

Dr−Dg≦0.5 μm.

3. The liquid crystal display of claim 1 , wherein

the liquid crystal layer includes liquid crystal molecules,

long axes of the liquid crystal molecules are arranged perpendicular to the lower and upper panels, and

transmissive axes of the lower and upper polarizers are perpendicular to each other.

4. The liquid crystal display of claim 1 , wherein the first compensation film comprises a negative C-plate or a negative biaxial film.

5. The liquid crystal display of claim 4 , further comprising

a second compensation film disposed on the outer surface of the upper or lower panels facing the first compensation film.

6. The liquid crystal display of claim 5 , wherein

the second compensation film comprise a positive A-plate.

7. The liquid crystal display of claim 1 ,

wherein the liquid crystal layer has phase retardation values Rthl_r, Rthl_g, and Rthl_b in a thickness direction of the liquid crystal layer and corresponding to the wavelengths λr, λg, and λb of red, green and blue, respectively;

wherein the phase retardation values and wavelengths satisfy the equation

0.21

≤

Rthl_r

-

Rth_r

λ

⁢

⁢

r

=

Rthl_g

-

Rth_g

λ

⁢

⁢

g

=

Rthl_b

-

Rth_b

λ

⁢

⁢

b

≤

0.24

.

8. The liquid crystal display of claim 7 , wherein

the liquid crystal layer has different cell gaps according to positions corresponding to the red, green, and blue color filters.

9. The liquid crystal display of claim 8 , wherein

cell gaps of the liquid crystal layer corresponding to the red green and blue color filters decrease in that order.

10. The liquid crystal display of claim 8 , wherein

thicknesses of the red, green and blue color filters are different from each other.

11. The liquid crystal display of claim 10 , wherein

thicknesses of the red, green, and blue color filters increase going from the red to the green and to the blue color filters, in that order.

12. The liquid crystal display of claim 8 , wherein

one of the lower panel or the upper panel further comprises an insulating layer, and

a thickness of the insulating layer differs according to positions corresponding to the red, green, and blue color filters.

13. The liquid crystal display of claim 12 , wherein

the thickness of the insulating layer corresponding to the red, green, and blue color filters increases in that order.

14. The liquid crystal display of claim 8 , wherein

the lower panel further comprises a pixel electrode, and

a thickness of the pixel electrode differs according to positions corresponding to the red, green, and blue color filters.

15. The liquid crystal display of claim 14 , wherein

the thickness of the pixel electrode corresponding to the red, green, and blue color filters increase in that order.

16. The liquid crystal display of claim 7 , wherein

the liquid crystal layer comprises different liquid crystal molecules according to positions corresponding to the red, green, and blue color filters.

17. The liquid crystal display of claim 16 , wherein

the liquid crystal layer is divided by a partition.

18. The liquid crystal display of claim 1 ,

wherein one of the lower or upper panel further comprises a phase retardation layer, the phase retardation layer having phase retardation values Rthp_r, Rthp_g, and Rthp_b, in a thickness direction of the phase retardation layer and corresponding to the wavelengths of red, green, and blue, respectively,

the liquid crystal layer has phase retardation values Rthl_r, Rthl_g, and Rthl_b in a thickness direction of the liquid crystal layer and corresponding to the wavelengths λr, λg, and λb of red, green, and blue, respectively, and

the wavelengths and phase retardation values of the liquid crystal layer, the first compensation film, and the phase retardation layer satisfy the equation

0.21

≤

Rthl_r

+

Rthp_r

-

Rth_r

λ

⁢

⁢

r

=

Rthl_g

+

Rthp_g

-

Rth_g

λ

⁢

⁢

g

=

Rthl_b

+

Rthp_g

-

Rth_b

λ

⁢

⁢

b

≤

0.24

.

19. The liquid crystal display of claim 18 , wherein

the first compensation film comprises a negative C-plate or a negative biaxial film.

20. The liquid crystal display of claim 19 , further comprising

a second compensation film disposed on the outer surface of the upper or lower panels facing the first compensation film.

21. The liquid crystal display of claim 20 , wherein

the second compensation film comprises a positive A-plate.

22. The liquid crystal display of claim 18 , wherein

the liquid crystal layer comprises liquid crystal molecules,

long axes of the liquid crystal molecules are arranged perpendicular to the lower and upper panels, and

transmissive axes of the lower and upper polarizers are perpendicular to each other.

23. The liquid crystal display of claim 1 ,

wherein the red, green, and blue color filters in a thickness direction of the red, green, and blue color filters have a phase retardation values Rthc_r, Rthc_g, and Rthc_b, in a thickness direction of the red, green, and blue color filters and corresponding to the wavelengths λr, λg, and λb of red, green, and blue, respectively,

the liquid crystal layer has phase retardation values Rthl_r, Rthl_g, and Rthl_b in a thickness direction of the liquid crystal layer and corresponding to the wavelengths λr, λg, and λb of red, green, and blue, respectively, and

wherein the wavelengths and the phase retardation values satisfy the equation

0.21

≤

Rthl_r

+

Rthc_r

-

Rth_r

λ

⁢

⁢

r

=

Rthl_g

+

Rthc_g

-

Rth_g

λ

⁢

⁢

g

=

Rthl_b

+

Rthc_g

-

Rth_b

λ

⁢

⁢

b

≤

0.24

.

24. The liquid crystal display of claim 23 , wherein

the first compensation film comprises a negative C-plate or a negative biaxial film.

25. The liquid crystal display of claim 24 , wherein

a second compensation film is further disposed on the outer surface of the upper or lower panels facing the first compensation film.

26. The liquid crystal display of claim 25 , wherein

the second compensation film comprises a positive A-plate.

27. The liquid crystal display of claim 23 , wherein

the liquid crystal layer comprises liquid crystal molecules,

long axes of the liquid crystal molecules are arranged perpendicular to the lower and upper panels, and

transmissive axes of the lower and upper polarizers are perpendicular to each other.