A squarylium compound has high transmittance in a visible wavelength spectrum of light and is configured to selectively absorb light in an infrared/near infrared wavelength spectrum of light.

Provided is a colored resin composition excellent in storage stability. The colored resin composition according to the present invention is a colored resin composition comprising a colorant, a resin and a solvent, the colorant comprising a dye, the solvent comprising a first solvent which is propylene glycol monomethyl ether acetate, and a second solvent which is a ketone having 3 to 12 carbon atoms, and the ketone being a chain or branched saturated ketone comprising only an oxygen atom of a carbonyl group as a heteroatom.

Provided is a colorant filter including at least one colorant; and at least one binder, in which the colorant filter has an absorption spectrum having an absorption maximum in a wavelength region of 560 nm to 620 nm, and in the absorption spectrum, a difference D1 between two wavelengths which give 10% absorbance with respect to an absorbance at the absorption maximum and a difference D2 between two wavelengths which give 50% absorbance with respect to the absorbance at the absorption maximum satisfy Expressions (a) D190 nm and (b) D1/D24.0.

Disclosed are a fluorescent dye, a preparation method and an application thereof. The fluorescent dye has a structure of formula (I), where X and Y are independently selected from O, S, C(CH.sub.3).sub.2 and NR.sub.6; R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 are independently hydrogen or a functional group; R.sub.1, R.sub.4, R.sub.5 and R.sub.6 are independently selected from functional groups; and Z.sup. is a negative ion. The fluorescent dye has an ability to permeate the living cell membrane, so that it can be used in the fluorescence imaging of living cell microstructures, and can also be used in the STED super-resolution fluorescence imaging and laser scanning confocal microscopy of live cells.

Adhesive compositions include a pressure sensitive adhesive, and at least 2 light absorbing components dispersed within the pressure sensitive adhesive. The light absorbing components are dyes, nanopigments or a combination thereof. The light absorbing components absorb light in the wavelength range of 350-700 nanometers. A layer of the adhesive composition transmits no more than 10% of light in the wavelength range of 350-700 nanometers and transmits at least 75% of light in the wavelength range of 900-1200 nanometers.

An object of the present invention is to provide a novel squarylium dye that can achieve an equivalent chromaticity value of even a colored resin composition having a low content of the squarylium dye as compared with a colored resin composition comprising a conventional squarylium dye. The present invention provides a compound represented by the formula (I) wherein R.sup.4 to R.sup.4 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or the like; R.sup.5 to R.sup.8 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or the like; R.sup.9 and R.sup.10 each independently represent a monovalent saturated hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms or the like; R.sup.11 and R.sup.12 each independently represent a halogen atom or an alkyl halide group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms; and m1 and m2 each independently represent an integer of 1 to 5.

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An optical filter includes an absorption layer which increases a visible light transmittance while having a good near-infrared blocking characteristic, and which is excellent in not only adhesiveness with respect to a layer to be abutted, but also light resistance. The optical filter includes: an absorption layer containing a near-infrared absorbing dye containing a squarylium-based dye and a transparent resin; and an inorganic or organic material in contact with the absorption layer. The squarylium-based dye has a squarylium skeleton and condensed ring structures bonded thereto respectively on both sides thereof, the condensed ring structures each including a benzene ring and a nitrogen atom as an annular atom, each benzene ring having an urethane structure in the second position.

Provided is an optically functional film that can contribute to the widening of the color gamut of an image display apparatus, the optically functional film being suppressed in brightness reduction and being excellent in durability. The optically functional film of the present invention includes: a resin layer; and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer arranged on at least one side of the resin layer, wherein the resin layer and/or the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer contains, as coloring matters, a compound X represented by the general formula (I) or (II) and a compound Y having an absorption peak in a wavelength band in a range of from 400 nm to 700 nm, which are mixed with each other.

Provided are a resin composition including a compound represented by Formula (1) and a resin, an optical filter including the resin composition, a liquid crystal display device and a solid-state imaging element including the optical filter, and a compound suitable as a light absorbing component of the resin composition.

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In Formula (1), Dye represents a colorant structural part obtained by removing n1 hydrogen atoms from a squarylium compound having a specific structure, Q.sup.1 is a structural part including a metallocene structure, and n1 represents an integer of 1 to 6.

Provided are a curable composition including a compound represented by Formula 1 and having a maximum absorption wavelength in a range of 600 nm or more and less than 700 nm, or a polymer having a structure represented by Formula 2 and having a maximum absorption wavelength in a range of 600 nm or more and less than 700 nm; a polymerizable compound; and a chromatic colorant different from the compound represented by Formula 1 and the polymer represented by Formula 2, as well as a cured product of the curable composition; a color filter including the cured product; a method for producing a color filter; a solid-state imaging element; and an image display device.

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