A liquid crystal display includes a first substrate including a light transmitting area and a light blocking area, a gate conductor configured to transfer gate signals and a data conductor configured to transfer data voltages, the gate conductor and the data conductor disposed on the first substrate, a color filter disposed on the gate conductor, a black column spacer disposed on the color filter and corresponding to the light blocking area, a second substrate facing the first substrate, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, in which in the light blocking area, the color filter includes a step, the black column spacer overlaps the color filter including the step, and the black column spacer includes spacers having the same thickness.