Liquid crystal display device

A multi-domain alignment active-matrix liquid crystal display device comprising;

• first and second transparent insulating plates arranged to oppose each other;
• said first plate having disposed thereon a plurality of scanning lines and a plurality of signal lines, thin—film transistors provided in the vicinity of intersections between the scanning lines and signal lines, and pixel electrodes connected to the thin—film transistors;
• said second plate having a black matrix provided with openings at areas that oppose said pixel electrodes, a color layer and counterelectrodes provided so as to oppose said pixel electrodes;
• a liquid crystal being sandwiched between the opposing first and second plates and being control led by voltage impressed across said pixel electrodes and said counterelectrodes;
• wherein an orientation layer is provided on each pixel electrode of said first plate via an insulating film,
• wherein said orientation layer is formed into a curved surface and orients molecules of the liquid crystal aligned in a direction normal to the curved surface of said orientation layer, and
• wherein at least one columnar spacer having a diameter varying along its axis is provided between the two opposing plates for regulating a panel gap therebetween, said at least one columnar spacer disposed approximately at a center of a pixel.