A liquid crystal display includes an insulation substrate, a plurality of pixels disposed on the insulation substrate, where each pixel has a shape elongated in a horizontal direction, and includes a thin film transistor formation region and a display area; and a reference voltage line extending in a vertical direction along a center of the display area, where the display area includes a single high-gray subpixel area and two low-gray subpixel areas, and the single high-gray subpixel area is positioned between the two low-gray subpixel areas.