According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal display includes a first substrate, a second substrate including a first color filter, located in an area corresponding to first to fourth color pixels, and having an aperture in an area including the second and third color pixels, a second color filter located in an area corresponding to the second color pixel, a third color filter located in an area corresponding to the third color pixel, and a black matrix extending and partitioning the first to fourth color pixels, and a liquid crystal layer held between the substrates. The black matrix includes portions extending on the first color filter, and portions extending on the first color filter between the first and second color pixels and between the third and fourth color pixels.