A manufacturing method for a color filter provided with spacers on a base unit having at least a coloring layer including a plurality of coloring portions, according to the present invention, comprises at least a step of forming a photoresist layer on the base unit, a step of forming throughholes in the photoresist layer extending to the base unit, a step of injecting a curable resin composition into the throughholes using an inkjet method, a step of curing the curable resin composition so as to form the spacers, and a step of removing the photoresist layer. In addition, a liquid crystal element of the present invention has a liquid crystal contained between a pair of substrates, in which one of the substrates is composed of a color filter manufactured by a method for manufacturing a color filter of the present invention.