Provided is a liquid-
crystal display device having a
high contrast ratio over a wide viewing angle range and having little coloration occurring when black is displayed. The liquid-
crystal display device has, in this order, a
polarizer, a first [
lambda] / 4 plate satisfying the condition nx > ny >= nz, a vertically oriented liquid-
crystal cell, a second [
lambda] / 4 plate having a substantially same Nz coefficient as the first [
lambda] / 4 plate and satisfying the condition nx > ny >= nz, a double
refraction layer satisfying the condition nx < ny <= nz, and another
polarizer. The liquid-
crystal cell has a liquid-crystal layer and blue, green, and red CF
layers and satisfies at least one of the following equations. R(B) / R(G) > [
delta]n(B) / [
delta]n(G) R(R) / R(G) < [
delta]n(R) / [delta]n(G) In the equation, R(B), R(G), and R(R) indicate retardations in the thickness direction of the liquid-
crystal cell at wavelengths of 450nm, 550 nm, and 650 nm, respectively, and [delta]n(B), [delta]n(G), and [delta]n(R) indicate the double refractions of a liquid-crystal material of the liquid-crystal layer at wavelengths of 450nm, 550 nm, and 650 nm, respectively.