it is an object of this invention to provide a color filter manufacturing method capable of efficiently using an ink - jet head . to achieve this object , there is provided a color filter manufacturing method of discharging an ink from a plurality of ink discharging nozzles onto a plurality of pixels and forming colored portions while an ink - jet head having the plurality of ink discharging nozzles is relatively scanned with respect to a body to be colored on which the pixels , onto which the ink is to be landed , are aligned in advance , including the steps of , when some of the plurality of ink discharging nozzles for discharging the ink onto the pixels are defective , stopping discharging of the ink from the defective nozzles , and compensating for a lack of an ink amount in the nth pixel owing to an omission of the defective nozzles , by other nozzles for discharging the ink onto the pixels .