A glass substrate for liquid crystals, comprising a glass plate and a porous transparent active layer on said glass plate wherein said porous transparent active layer is prepared by hydrolyzing an organic metal compound represented by the general formula M(OR.sub.1).sub.m (OR.sub.2).sub.n X.sub.p Y.sub.q
- wherein M denotes at least one element selected from a group consisting of magnesium, calcium, zirconium, titanium, hafnium, germanium, yttrium, indium, aluminum, gallium, tin, and silicon, R.sub.1 and R.sub.2, the same or different, denote a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, or an acyl group, X and Y, the same or different, denote a hydrogen atom, a chlorine atom, or a hydroxyl group, m, n, p, q stand for integers of 0 to 8, and m+n+p+q is equal to the valence of M,
- to form a sol, and then coating the sol on said glass plate, followed by baking to form said porous transparent active coating layer, and the active coating layer contains therein black matrix having 6% or less of a total reflection ratio by seeing-through from the glass surface and 5 or higher of an optical density.