A liquid-crystal display suitable for the optically compensated
birefringence (OCB) display mode is used so as to simplify the voltage
setting relating to display of each color by setting as follows. A
liquid-crystal layer is oriented to bend alignment between a pair of
substrates. A phase compensation plate is set for compensating a phase of
the liquid-crystal layer outside of each of the substrates. And a
retardation between the liquid-crystal and the phase compensation plates
is set to a value 1/2 or less of the minimum wavelength of the light
relating to display.