Fluorescent orange latexes are provided which comprise water and fluorescent agent-incorporated resin particles, the particles comprising a resin, Solvent Red 49 as a red fluorescent agent, and Solvent Yellow 98 as a yellow fluorescent agent, wherein the fluorescent orange latex has a weight ratio of the Solvent Yellow 98 to the Solvent Red 49 in a range of from 20:1 to 0.5:1. Fluorescent orange toners and methods of making and using the fluorescent orange toners are also provided.

A pigment composition contains: an azo pigment that is a reaction product between a coupler and a base; and a pigment derivative, and a content of o-anisidine derived from the coupler is less than or equal to 20 mg/kg in the entire pigment composition. A method for producing the pigment composition includes, after reaction between a coupler and a base to generate an azo pigment, or during the reaction between the coupler and the base, adding a remover for o-anisidine derived from the coupler.

A composition includes an isomerized polymer containing a structural unit containing an isomerized structure and an isomerized low molecular weight compound, the composition being fluidized by light irradiation from a solid state and being reversibly non-fluidized.

The present disclosure relates to toner compositions containing an IR-taggant, and method of making thereof. The disclosure also relates to method for confirming authenticity of an item.

A developer for electrostatic latent image contains toner particles. The toner particles contain a resin and a coloring agent, and the coloring agent includes a first coloring agent, a second coloring agent, and a third coloring agent. The first coloring agent is carbon black, the second coloring agent is one or more of C. I. Pigment Violet 19 and C. I. Pigment Violet 23, and the third coloring agent is one or more of C. I. Pigment Brown 23 and C. I. Pigment Brown 25. A content of the second coloring agent is not lower than 8 mass % and not higher than 25 mass % with respect to a total amount of the coloring agents.

A toner includes binder resin 101 and a coloring agent 102. The coloring agent 102 is configured so that hue of a hue measurement print image printed on a print medium with the toner satisfies 8.6a*(Y)7.9 and 93.4b*(Y)95.4, where a*(Y) and b*(Y) represent an a* value and a b* value of the hue measurement print image and light resistance F of a light resistance measurement print image printed on a print medium with the toner, after an irradiation test in which the light resistance measurement print image is irradiated with light having 0.36 W/m.sup.2 spectral irradiance at a wavelength of 340 nm for 663 hours, is higher than or equal to 70%. The toner is configured so that its melt viscosity at 120 C. is higher than or equal to 1400 Pa.Math.s and lower than or equal to 1600 Pa.Math.s.

Provided is a yellow toner which provides a sharper color than ever before in small amounts and which has excellent light resistance. A yellow toner comprising a binder resin and a yellow colorant, wherein a compound A represented by the following general formula (1) and a compound B represented by the following general formula (2) are contained as the yellow colorant, and wherein a total content of the compound A and the compound B is from 3 to 30 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the binder resin, and a mass ratio of the content of the compound A to the content of the compound B (compound A/compound B) is from 0.8 to 20: ##STR00001##

A fluorescent green toner includes toner particles including a fluorescent yellow dye Sy, a peak wavelength of a spectral reflectance of the fluorescent yellow dye Sy being at 500 nm or more and 550 nm or less, a yellow pigment Py, and at least one pigment Pgc selected from the group consisting of a green pigment and a cyan pigment, wherein CSy/(CPy+CPgc) is 0.01 or more and 0.3 or less, and (CSy+CPy)/CPgc is 0.3 or more and 1.5 or less, where CSy, CPy, and CPgc represent contents of the fluorescent yellow dye Sy, the yellow pigment Py, and the pigment Pgc in the toner particles, respectively.

The azomethine compound provided by this case is a compound showing high chroma and having excellent light resistance.

A coloring compound with a structure represented by the following formula (1): ##STR00001## wherein R.sup.1 to R.sup.3 independently denote a hydrogen atom, an unsubstituted amino group, or an amino group with a substituent, R.sup.4 to R.sup.6 independently denote a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an unsubstituted aryl group, or an aryl group with a substituent, A.sup.1 to A.sup.3 independently denote a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, an aryl group, a carbamoyl group, an alkoxycarbonyl group, a carboxylic acid amide group, an alkoxysulfonyl group, a sulfonic acid amide group, a trifluoromethyl group, a cyano group, a hydroxy group, a nitro group, an amino group, or a halogen atom, and the aryl group, the carboxylic acid amide group, the sulfonic acid amide group, and the amino group in A.sup.1 to A.sup.3 may have a substituent, and n denotes an integer in the range of 1 to 5.