Anti-glare and anti-reflection film, polarizing plate, and image display device

A color liquid crystal display device, which comprises a liquid crystal cell comprising a pair of substrates provided with a transparent electrode, a pixel electrode and a color filter, and a twisted nematic liquid crystal that is sealed between the pair of substrates, a pair of optical compensation sheets disposed on both sides of the liquid crystal cell, and a pair of polarizing plates disposed outside of the compensation sheets,

• wherein a polarizing plate is used and the optical compensation sheet on the display side of the liquid crystal cell, in which the optically anisotropic layer is disposed towards the liquid crystal cell side, and
• wherein as the optical compensation sheet on the back light side of the liquid crystal cell, an optical compensation sheet provided with an optically anisotropic layer that comprises a compound having a discotic structure unit is used, in which the disc planes of the discotic structure units are inclined to the surface of the transparent support at angles changing successively along the normal direction through the optically anisotropic layer
• wherein the polarizing plate has one of two protective films being an anti-glare and anti-reflection film, and another protective film comprises an optical compensation layer containing an optically anisotropic layer on the support of said protective film on the side opposite to the support surface which is in contact with the polarizing layer, and
• wherein the anti-glare and anti-reflection film has a transparent support and at least one low-reflective index comprising a fluorine-containing resin and having a refractive index in the range from 1.38 to 1.49, wherein the anti-glare and anti-reflection film comprises the anti-glare layer that is disposed between the transparent support and the low-refractive-index layer and that contains a binder having a refractive index in the range from 1.57 to 2.00.