Provided is a color filter for a liquid crystal display device, which includes a transparent substrate and a black matrix arranged on the transparent substrate. The color filter is characterized in that a G (green) color pixel is included in an area demarcated by the black matrix; a part of a color layer of the G (green) color pixel is laminated on a part of the black matrix; the black matrix contains a pigment and at least one kind of particles selected from metal particles and a metal compound particles; a ratio (B/A) of a contained amount (B) of the pigment to a contained amount (A) of themetal particles and the metal compound particles in the black matrix is within a range of 0.2-10; and a film thickness ratio (TG/BM) of the film thickness (TG) of the G (green) color pixel to the black matrix film thickness (BM) is within a range of 1.2-10. A liquid crystal display device which includes such color filter is also provided.