Projector

A projector comprising:

• a light source apparatus that outputs light containing first polarized white light and second polarized white light;
• a polarization separator that receives the white light incident from the light source apparatus, reflects the first polarized white light in a first direction, and transmits the second polarized white light in a second direction that intersects with the first direction;
• a reflective liquid crystal panel that receives first color light, second color light, and third color light contained in the first polarized white light reflected off the polarization separator and has first pixels that output first image light as a result of modulation of the first color light and being the second polarized light in an opposite direction of the first direction, second pixels that output second image light as a result of modulation of the second color light and being the second polarized light in the opposite direction of the first direction, and third pixels that output third image light as a result of modulation of the third color light and being the second polarized light in the opposite direction of the first direction;
• a reflective color filter including first filters that are provided in accordance with the first pixels, transmit the first color light, and reflect the second color light and the third color light, second filters that are provided in accordance with the second pixels, transmit the second color light, and reflect the first color light and the third color light, and third filters that are provided in accordance with the third pixels, transmit the third color light, and reflect the first color light and the second color light;
• a projection lens that projects, out of the first image light, the first image light passing through the polarization separator and being the second polarized light, projects, out of the second image light, the second image light passing through the polarization separator and being the second polarized light, and projects, out of the third image light, the third image light passing through the polarization separator and being the second polarized light;
• and
• a polarizer that is disposed in an optical path between the polarization separator and the projection lens, blocks the first polarized light incident on the polarizer, and transmits the second polarized light incident on the polarizer,
• wherein the polarization separator includes
• a pair of light transmissive members, and
• a polarization separation film provided between the pair of light transmissive members and inclining with respect to the first and second directions.