A liquid crystal display including a backlight and a filter, the backlight including a light-emitting device having a light-emitting element emitting blue light, and a green phosphor and a red phosphor absorbing a part of primary light emitted from the light-emitting element and emitting first secondary light and second secondary light, respectively, the green phosphor being a β-type SiAlON phosphor containing Eu and Al dissolved in a crystal of a nitride or an oxynitride having a β-type Si3N4 crystal structure, and the filter including filters for colors of red (R), green (G), blue (B) and yellow (Y), respectively, arranged in a plane for subpixels provided in each pixel of the liquid crystal display, which attains excellent color reproducibility (NTSC ratio) and high luminance, can be provided.