Abstract: A polymerizable composition includes: a polymerization initiator; a polymerizable compound; a tungsten compound; and an alkali-soluble binder.

Abstract: A color filter includes: a red pixel in which a transmittance of a light having a wavelength of 400 nm is 15% or less, and a transmittance of a light having a wavelength of 650 nm is 90% or more; a green pixel in which a transmittance of a light having a wavelength of 450 nm is 5% or less, and a transmittance of a light having a wavelength within a range of from 500 nm to 600 nm is 90% or more; and a blue pixel in which a transmittance of a light having a wavelength of 450 nm is 85% or more, a transmittance of a light having a wavelength of 500 nm is from 10% to 50%, and a transmittance of a light having a wavelength of 700 nm is 10% or less.

Abstract: A thermal transfer sheet having a subbing layer and a dye layer in this order on a substrate film, wherein the subbing layer contains colloidal silica or colloidal alumina, and the dye layer contains a polyvinyl acetal resin having an acetacetal group in an amount of from 3.0 to 30.0 molar times the butyral group therein, and a dye of the following formula (1): wherein A represents a phenylene group; R1 and R2 represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, or an aryl group; R3 represents an amino group, an alkoxy group, or an aryloxy group; and R4 represents an alkyl group, or an aryl group.

Abstract: A heat-sensitive transfer image-receiving sheet, having on a support: at least one heat insulation layer and at least one receptor layer containing a vinyl chloride-series latex copolymer in this order, in which at least one intermediate layer is provided between the heat insulation layer and the receptor layer, the total dry film thickness of the receptor layer and the intermediate layer is 2.5 to 4.0 ?m, and the intermediate layer contains 90 mass % or more of a polymer having a glass transition temperature of 30° C. or higher.

Abstract: A method of image formation comprising putting a thermal transfer sheet and a thermal transfer image-receiving sheet one upon another wherein the thermal transfer sheet has on a substrate film a subbing layer of a titanium oxide film, the dye layer on a part of the subbing layer and a transferable protective layer laminate on the other part of the subbing layer than the part for the dye layer thereon, and wherein the thermal transfer image-receiving sheet has on a support the receiving layer containing a polymer latex, in which vinyl chloride is polymerized in at least 95 mol % of all the polymerization monomers, and a polyether-modified silicone, and a heat-insulating layer; recording an image on the receiving layer by a heating device; and transferring at least a part of the transferable protective layer laminate onto the receiving layer by the heating device.

Abstract: A heat-sensitive transfer sheet, containing: a base film; a dye layer; and a heat-resistant lubricating layer containing talc particles; wherein, when a projected area corresponding to each of the talc particles in the heat-resistant lubricating layer is obtained from an electron beam image that is obtained by irradiating electron beams accelerated at 20 kV from a side of the heat-resistant lubricating layer of the heat-sensitive transfer sheet using a scanning electronic microscope, an average projected area of talc particles each having the projected area of 10 square ?m or more is 80 square ?m or less, and a variation coefficient that is obtained by dividing a standard deviation of the projected areas of talc particles each having the projected area of 10 square ?m or more by the average projected area is 0.8 or less.

Abstract: An arylidene-pyrazolone dye of the following formula (1): wherein R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 each independently represent a monovalent substituent; n indicates an integer of from 0 to 4; when n is 2 or more, plural R3's may be the same or different; and R1 and R2 may bond to each other to form a cyclic structure.

Abstract: A heat-sensitive transfer sheet, having: a base film; a dye layer; and a heat-resistant lubricating layer; wherein the heat-resistant lubricating layer contains a specific compound, and wherein, when a characteristic X-ray intensity originated from K-line of phosphorus element in the heat-resistant lubricating layer is measured with respect to each points within a 200 ?m square region, the largest value of the characteristic X-ray intensity is at least 2.5 times or more relative to the smallest value of the characteristic X-ray intensity within the 200 ?m square region, and a plurality of maximum regions having a maximum value of the characteristic X-ray intensity exist in the 200 ?m square region, and a variation coefficient that is obtained by dividing a standard deviation of the maximum values of the characteristic X-ray intensity among these maximum regions with an average value of the characteristic X-ray intensities is 0.25 or less.

Abstract: A heat-sensitive transfer sheet at least having a polyester support, a barrier layer, a heat-sensitive transfer layer containing a dye and a binder, both layers being applied on a surface of the support in this order, and having the heat-sensitive transfer layer including yellow, magenta, and cyan heat-sensitive transfer layers, and the yellow, magenta, and cyan heat-sensitive transfer layers and a protective layer being formed in area order, wherein the barrier layer contains a polyvinylpyrrolidone and cyan heat-sensitive transfer layer contains at least one silicone oil and at least one dye represented by the following formula (C1): wherein Ar represents a substituted or unsubstituted p-phenylene group; R1 represents a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group; R2 represents a substituted or unsubstituted acylamino group, or a substituted or unsubstituted alkoxycarbonylamino group; R3 and R4 each independently represent a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkenyl gr

Abstract: A thermal transfer ink sheet having a dye layer containing a polyvinyl acetal modified with a compound of the formula [1] and a polyvinyl acetal modified with a compound of the formula [2]: wherein R1 represents a substituted alkyl group, etc; R2 represents H, etc; wherein R3 represents a linear hydrocarbon group, etc; R4 represents a hydrogen atom, etc.

Abstract: A thermal transfer ink sheet comprising, as formed on a support, a dye layer containing a thermal transferable dye in a resin binder, wherein the dye layer contains a polyvinyl acetal modified with at least one compound of the following formula [1]: wherein one of R1 and R2 is a branched hydrocarbon group and the other is a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group, or R1 and R2 are groups that bond to each other to form a cyclic hydrocarbon.

Abstract: A thermal transfer ink sheet comprising, as formed on a support, a dye layer containing a thermal transferable dye in a resin binder, wherein the dye layer contains a polyvinyl acetal modified with at least one compound of the following formula [1]: wherein R1 is a substituted linear alkyl group, a substituted branched alkyl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted cyclic group, and R2 is a hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted linear alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted branched alkyl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted cyclic group.

Abstract: An indaniline dye represented by the following formula (1): wherein R1 and R2 represent an unsubstituted linear or branched alkyl group having from 2 to 5 carbon atoms; R3 represents an unsubstituted linear or branched alkyl group having from 1 to 3 carbon atoms; provided that the total number of the carbon atoms of R1, R2 and R3 is 6 or 7.

Abstract: A coloring composition containing an azo dye of the following formula (1): wherein R1, R2, R3 and R6 represent a monovalent substituent; R5 represents a hydrogen atom or a monovalent substituent; n is 0 to 4.

Abstract: A heat-sensitive transfer image-receiving sheet, having on a support: at least one heat insulation layer and at least one receptor layer containing a vinyl chloride-series latex copolymer in this order, in which at least one intermediate layer is provided between the heat insulation layer and the receptor layer, the total dry film thickness of the receptor layer and the intermediate layer is 2.5 to 4.0 ?m, and the intermediate layer contains 90 mass % or more of a polymer having a glass transition temperature of 30° C. or higher.

Abstract: An arylidene-pyrazolone dye of the following formula (1): wherein R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 each independently represent a monovalent substituent; n indicates an integer of from 0 to 4; when n is 2 or more, plural R3's may be the same or different; and R1 and R2 may bond to each other to form a cyclic structure.

Abstract: An azo dye of the following formula: wherein R1, R2, R4 and R5 represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent; R3 and R6 each independently represent a substituent; n indicates 0 to 3. The dye has an excellent optical characteristic with sharp absorption and excellent fastness.

Abstract: A thermal transfer sheet having a dye layer that contains a thermotransferable dye and a binder on a substrate film, wherein the dye layer contains a dye of the following formula (1), and at least 50% by mass of the binder in the dye layer is a carboxylic acid-modified polyvinyl acetal resin: wherein A represents a phenylene group; R1 and R2 represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, or an aryl group; R3 represents an amino group, an alkoxy group, or an aryloxy group; R4 represents an alkyl group, or an aryl group.

Abstract: A method of image formation comprising putting a thermal transfer sheet and a thermal transfer image-receiving sheet one upon another wherein the thermal transfer sheet has on a substrate film a subbing layer of a titanium oxide film, the dye layer on a part of the subbing layer and a transferable protective layer laminate on the other part of the subbing layer than the part for the dye layer thereon, and wherein the thermal transfer image-receiving sheet has on a support the receiving layer containing a polymer latex, in which vinyl chloride is polymerized in at least 95 mol % of all the polymerization monomers, and a polyether-modified silicone, and a heat-insulating layer; recording an image on the receiving layer by a heating device; and transferring at least a part of the transferable protective layer laminate onto the receiving layer by the heating device.

Abstract: A thermal transfer sheet having a subbing layer and a dye layer in this order on a substrate film, wherein the subbing layer contains colloidal silica or colloidal alumina, and the dye layer contains a polyvinyl acetal resin having an acetacetal group in an amount of from 3.0 to 30.0 molar times the butyral group therein, and a dye of the following formula (1): wherein A represents a phenylene group; R1 and R2 represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, or an aryl group; R3 represents an amino group, an alkoxy group, or an aryloxy group; and R4 represents an alkyl group, or an aryl group.