To provide a liquid arranging method capable of making inconspicuous unevenness of arrangement of a liquid and methods of manufacturing a color filter, manufacturing an oriented film, and manufacturing an organic EL display by using the liquid arranging method.

The liquid arranging method comprises the step of arranging a liquid in two or more specified areas 2 formed on a substrate by discharging a liquid 5 from two or more nozzles of a head in an amount corresponding to a specified driving wave while scanning the head having the nozzles and the substrate relatively, and includes the process of arranging the liquid by means of two or more driving waves H1 to H4 used in discharging the liquid to be arranged in two or more specified areas and two or more arrangement patterns 100A to 100E having varied combinations of the driving waves.