A compound represented by specific chemical formula, a core including the same, and core-shell dye including a shell surrounding the core, a photosensitive resin composition including the same, and a color filter manufactured using the photosensitive resin composition are disclosed.

Disclosed is a color material dispersion liquid for a color filter, the dispersion liquid having excellent dispersibility and being capable of forming a high-contrast, high-luminance coating film; a color resin composition for a color filter, the composition having excellent dispersibility and being capable of forming a high-contrast, high-luminance coating film; a color material with excellent dispersibility; a high-contrast and high-luminance color filter; a liquid crystal display device including the color filter, and a light-emitting display device including the color filter. The color material dispersion liquid for a color filter, includes: (A) a color material, (B) a dispersant and (C) a solvent, wherein the color material (A) contains a zirconium lake color material of an acid dye.

The present invention provides a compound and a pigment dispersant, each of which improves the dispersibility of various types of pigments in a non-aqueous solvent and also provides a pigment composition, a pigment dispersion, and a toner, each of which has a preferable coloring power. The compound includes a polymer which has a monomer unit having a specific structure and also includes a specific partial structure.

This invention relates to a process for the preparation of a dispersion comprising black polymer particles, such black polymer particles prepared by the process, the use of the dispersion and the black polymer particles in electrophoretic fluids, and electrophoretic display devices comprising such fluids.

A dispersant is provided comprising a blend of mono- and di-phosphate esters, each phosphate group being substituted with either one or two alkyl or alkenyl alkoxylate groups wherein the alkyl or alkenyl portion is a branched alkyl or alkenyl radical comprising 1-30 carbon atoms, the alkoxylate portion comprises ethoxylate monomers and/or propoxylate monomers, and the dispersant further comprises a basic component selected from an amidopropyldimethylamine, a heterocyclic amine, an ammonium ion, and an alkali metal ion. The dispersant is suitable for dispersing a variety of pigments and other particulate matter in either aqueous or organic media.

There is provided a polyhalogenated zinc phthalocyanine having good tinting strength and being capable of achieving higher brightness when the polyhalogenated zinc phthalocyanine is used in pixel portions of color filters. The object is achieved by providing the polyhalogenated zinc phthalocyanine represented by general formula 1: (wherein in general formula 1, X.sub.1 to X.sub.16 are each independently a chlorine atom, a bromine atom, or a hydrogen atom), in which a value obtained by dividing the maximum ion intensity, measured by mass spectrometry, in an m/z range of 1,780 (inclusive) to 1,820 (exclusive) by the maximum ion intensity in the m/z range of 1,820 (inclusive) to 1,860 (inclusive) is 1.00 or less.

This invention relates to a process for the preparation of a dispersion comprising coloured or black particles, such coloured or black particles prepared by the process, the use of the dispersion and the coloured or black particles in electrophoretic fluids, and electrophoretic display devices comprising such fluids.

Provided are a method for producing an aqueous inkjet pigment dispersion, including producing a mixed liquid of water, a pigment, a pigment dispersing polymer, and rosin acid in an amount of from 3% by mass to 30% by mass relative to the total mass of the pigment, and reducing the amount of rosin acid included in the produced mixed liquid, to less than 3.0% by mass relative to the total mass of the pigment; an aqueous inkjet pigment dispersion; and an aqueous inkjet ink.

The present invention provides the following process for producing a fine organic pigment which is capable of producing the fine organic pigment that has a very small primary particle size and is excellent in filtering property even in a cleaning step, and a fine organic pigment produced by the process; a process for producing a dispersion using the fine organic pigment, and a dispersion produced by the process; and a process for producing an ink using the dispersion. The present invention relates to [1] a process for producing a fine organic pigment, including steps 1 and 2: step 1: kneading a mixture prepared by compounding a raw material organic pigment, a water-soluble inorganic salt, a water-soluble organic solvent and a compound represented by the following formula (1) with each other, the compound being compounded in an amount of not less than 0.8 part by mass and not more than 18.0 parts by mass on the basis of 100 parts by mass of the raw material organic pigment: R.sup.1O(PO).sub.m(EO).sub.nA (1); and step 2: subjecting the mixture obtained in the step 1 to cleaning treatment with an aqueous solvent and then to filtration, [2] a fine organic pigment produced by the process according to the above aspect [1], [3] a dispersion produced using the fine organic pigment according to the above aspect [2], [4] a process for producing a paste of a fine organic pigment, including the above step 1 and 2, [5] a process for producing a dispersion, including step 3 of subjecting the paste of the fine organic pigment produced by the process according to the above aspect [4], an organic solvent and water to dispersing treatment, and [6] a process for producing an ink, including step 4 of mixing the dispersion produced by the process according to the above aspect [5] with at least one material selected from the group consisting of water and an organic solvent.

Disclosed is a photochromic composition comprising a naphthopyran-based photochromic compound having a specific structure and an oligomer.