High-efficiency liquid-crystal displays with reflective color filters

An LCD, comprising:

• a TFT layer formed on a substrate;
• a reflective layer formed adjacent to the TFT layer;
• and
• an LC layer formed over the reflective layer,
• wherein:
• the reflective layer is configured to define color components to be passed to the LC layer and to reflect back unwanted color components of a light produced by a BLU.

A method, comprising:

• forming a TFT layer on a substrate;
• forming a reflective layer over the TFT layer;
• and
• forming an LC layer over the reflective layer, the reflective layer defining color components to be passed to the LC layer and reflecting back unwanted color components of a light produced by a BLU.