A color liquid crystal display, comprising at least a color filter substrate provided with a colored layer with plural colors formed into a predetermined pattern in a display zone on a transparent substrate, a counter electrode substrate disposed opposite to and with a predetermined gap from the color filter substrate, a sealing member arranged outside of the display zone to seal the gap formed between the both substrates, a liquid crystal layer formed by filling a liquid crystal material in the gap formed between the both substrates and sealed by the sealing member, a columnar convex portion formed so as to keep the gap between the both substrates constant and a shielding member arranged between the sealing member and the display zone to prevent the liquid crystal material of the liquid crystal layer from being contaminated with contaminants from the sealing member and formed of the same material as the columnar convex portion wherein the shielding member is formed of a material which works such that the voltage retention and residual DC (ΔE) of the liquid crystal material after the impurity-extraction treatment is 80% or more and 0.5 V or less respectively.