A liquid crystal device is provided which has a pair of substrates provided with a plurality of sub-pixels and disposed opposite to each other and a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the pair of substrates. The liquid crystal device further includes; a colorant layer formed in some of the sub-pixels in one substrate of the pair of the substrates; a control film that controls a step difference between the colored region in which the colorant layer exists and the non-colored region in which the colorant layer does not exist so that the surface on the liquid crystal layer of the one substrate is planarized in the sub-pixel, and that is provided in the non-colored region of the one substrate; and a reflective film formed on the control film and in the colored region. Here, the colorant layer is provided on the reflective film in the colored region.