<p>A liquid crystal display having a liquid crystal layer (30) containing vertically aligned liquid crystal molecules which is arranged between a color filter substrate (10) having a black matrix (14) and a color filter layer (15), and a pixel electrode substrate (20) having a pixel electrode portion (22). In this liguid crystal display, at least a partial linear portion of the black matrix (14) so provided as to extend linearly on the color filter substrate (10) is formed to have a protrusion structure (16) projecting toward the pixel electrode substrate (20) side and extending linearly along the at least partial linear portion.</p>
