A color filter includes first, second and third regions for providing polarized light of a first, for example red, a second for example green and a third for example blue color respectively. To provide polarized light, a region comprises an isotropic colorant for selectively transmitting the first, the second or the third color, a uniaxially ordered base material and a dichroic colorant aligned by the uniaxially ordered base material for absorbing light selectively transmitted by the isotropic colorant. In a liquid crystal display device comprising such a color filter a polarizer can be dispensed with resulting in a simpler, more cost effective and robust display device.