Color filters and methods of manufacturing the same

A color filter comprising a transparent substrate and a colored layer formed on the surface of said substrate, wherein

• said colored layer consists essentially of a transparent layer and a coloring agent dispersed within said transparent layer and has a thickness of 10 .mu.m or less so as to transmit light,
• said transparent layer comprises a gel or glass material made from an alkoxide solution of zirconium, and
• said coloring agent contains at least one pigment having absorption peaks for visible light at selected wavelengths.

A color filter comprising a transparent substrate and colored layer formed on the surface of said substrate, wherein

• said colored layer consists essentially of a transparent layer and a coloring agent dispersed within said transparent layer and has a thickness of 10 .mu.m or less so as to transmit light,
• said transparent layer comprises a gel or glass material made from mixing a solution of alkoxide of titanium and alkoxide of silicon, and
• said coloring agent contains at least one pigment having absorption peaks for visible light at selected wavelengths.

A color filter comprising a transparent substrate and a colored layer formed on the surface of said substrate, wherein

• said colored layer consists essentially of a transparent layer and a coloring agent dissolved or dispersed within said transparent layer and has a thickness of 10 .mu.m or less so as to transmit light,
• said transparent layer comprises a gel or glass material made from an alkoxysilane solution, and
• said coloring agent contains at least one pigment having absorption peaks for visible light at selected wavelengths and is present in such an amount that said filter exhibits absorption peaks at selected wavelengths and substantially no absorption peaks at wavelengths different from the selected wavelengths.