Disclosed is a transmissive and reflective type LCD. In the LCD, a second
substrate faces a first substrate. A liquid crystal layer is formed
between the first substrate and the second substrate. A first polarizing
plate is formed on an outer surface of the first substrate. A second
polarizing plate is formed on an outer surface of the second substrate. A
backlight is arranged for irradiating incident light onto the polarizing
plate. A transparent transflective film is arranged between the first
polarizing plate and the backlight for partially reflecting and partially
transmitting the incident light. The transparent transflective film
includes at least a first layer and a second layer, the first and second
layers having different refractivity indexes from each other and are
alternatively stacked. By a restoring process occurring between the
transflective film and the backlight, a predetermined amount of the
incident light is transmitted through the transflective film repeatedly,
so that transmissivity and light efficiency are enhanced.