Fluid colloidal crystals comprising a solid-liquid dispersion
electrostatically charged at not more than 2000 .mu.S/cm in terms of an
electrical conductivity, wherein the solid-liquid dispersion comprises,
as a dispersoid, electrostatically chargeable spherical colloidal
particles of an organic or inorganic polymer having a mean volume
diameter (d) of not more than 30 .mu.m, and as a dispersion medium, an
aqueous solution or a dissolving water-containing non-aqueous solution,
the dispersion concentration of the spherical colloidal particles is not
more than 70%, around the dispersoid an electric double layer of a given
thickness (.DELTA.e) is formed, and the spherical colloidal particles
form a three-dimensionally ordered lattice that shows fluidity and is a
particle array structure in which the colloidal particles are aligned
longitudinally and laterally in a lattice form while an interparticle
distance (L) defined as a distance between centers of the particles
arranged opposite to each other along the center line satisfies the
relationship (d)<(L).ltoreq.(d)+2(.DELTA.e). A process for producing a
three-dimensionally ordered lattice, comprising drying the fluid
colloidal crystals to form a three-dimensionally ordered lattice which is
a homogeneous particle array structure constituted of the organic or
inorganic monodisperse spherical fine particles of the dispersoid.