In a method for manufacturing a reflector having a plurality of convex portions
4 that are obtained by means of melt deformation of column-shaped bodys
15 formed of a photosensitive resin material, the photosensitive resin material
has aspect ratio vs. average tilt angle characteristics in which an average tilt
angle reaches a maximum value through an incremental change process and
then converges to a certain value through a decremental process when an aspect
ratio is gradually increased from a value close to zero, provided that the average
tilt angle of the convex portion is an angle of elevation from the outer periphery
of the bottom surface of the convex portion 4 to an apex of the convex portion
and that the aspect ratio is a ratio of the height of said column-shaped body 15
with respect to the width thereof. A set value for the aspect ratio of the
column-shaped body 15 that is obtained after the development step is determined
to be a larger aspect ratio than a starting point from which convergence to said
certain value begins. This configuration provides a reflector having good contrast
characteristics and PAPER WHITE APPEARANCE, and a reflective liquid crystal display
panel that uses the above-mentioned reflector.
