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A liquid crystal composition containing a dichroic dye and a polymerizable compound having a polar group is provided. A liquid crystal composition comprising one or more liquid crystal compounds, one or more polymerizable compounds, and one or more dichroic dyes, wherein the polymerizable compounds have the formula (1) A liquid crystal composition comprising at least one compound selected from the group of compounds represented. In the formula (1), R 11 is alkyl having 1 to 15 carbon atoms or the like; MES is a mesogen group having at least one ring, and at least one hydrogen in the ring in MES is —Sp 11 -P 11 may be replaced; Sp 11 is a single bond or alkylene having 1 to 10 carbons, and in this alkylene, at least one -CH 2 -is -O-, -CO-, -COO -, -OCO-, or -OCOO-, and at least one-(CH 2 ) 2 -may be replaced by -CH = CH- or -C≡C-, and these groups In the above, at least one hydrogen may be replaced by a polymerizable group; P 11 is a polymerizable group or a polar group, or a group having both of a polymerizability and a polarity. 【Selection chart】 None |