Provided are an ink jet recording ink containing a squarylium dye represented by Formula 1, polymerizable compounds, a dispersant, and a synergist having at least one group selected from the group consisting of a carboxy group and a sulfo group and at least one ring selected from the group consisting of an aromatic ring and a heteroaromatic ring, and an image recording method:

##STR00001## in Formula 1, a ring A and a ring B each independently represent an aromatic ring or a heteroaromatic ring, X.sup.A and X.sup.B each independently represent a monovalent substituent, G.sup.A and G.sup.B each independently represent a monovalent substituent, kA represents an integer of 0 to nA, and kB represents an integer of 0 to nB. nA represents the maximum number of G.sup.As capable of being bonded to the ring A, and nB represents the maximum number of G.sup.Bs capable of being bonded to the ring B.

The present invention provides an intermediate compound for easily producing a compound having an azaperylene skeleton. Another object of the present invention is to provide a method for easily producing a compound having an azaperylene skeleton.

The compound of the present invention is a compound represented by Formula (I), or a compound represented by Formula (II).

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Provided are a coloring composition including a colorant including a yellow colorant, a resin, and a solvent, in which a content of the yellow colorant in the colorant is 30% by mass or more, and the yellow colorant includes 15% by mass or more of an azomethine metal complex; a film formed of the coloring composition; an optical filter; a solid-state imaging element; and an image display device.

Provided are a coloring composition including a colorant and a resin, in which the colorant includes a pigment A having a structure represented by Formula (X1), and the resin includes at least one selected from a polyimide resin, a polyimide precursor, a polybenzoxazole resin, a polybenzoxazole precursor, or a polysiloxane resin; a film obtained from the coloring composition; and an optical filter, a solid-state imaging element, and an image display device including the film.

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A problem to be solved by the present invention is providing a coloring composition containing a perylene-based compound such as C.I. Pigment Violet 29 while achieving high dispersion into a glycol-based solvent, the coloring composition being usable in a display production process without causing insufficient resist curing or a drop in spectral purity. The coloring composition of the present invention contains a sulfonate compound represented by the following formula (1) and C.I. Pigment Violet 29. A-SO.sub.3M.nH.sub.2O Formula (1) [In the formula (1), A represents a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, optionally having within the structure a halogen, a boron, a nitrogen, a sulfur, a phosphorus, or an oxygen, M represents one equivalent of a cation having a valence of 1 to 3 excluding H, and n represents an integer of 0 to 5]

A method of producing an organic pigment composition including at least organic pigment microparticles, wherein a diffuse reflectance of the organic pigment microparticles is controlled for the purpose of improving a luminance of a color filter. The luminance of the color filter is controlled to be high, by controlling a ratio of an area of the diffuse reflectance in a target wavelength range to a total area of the diffuse reflectance in the entire measurement wavelength range in a diffuse reflection spectrum of the organic pigment microparticles in the wavelength range of 380 to 780 nm, to be high. The luminance of the color filter is controlled to be high, by coating at least a part of the surface of the organic pigment microparticles with an oxide.

A coloring composition includes at least one compound S selected from a compound S-1 represented by Formula (1) or a compound S-2 in which the compound S-1 is coordinated to a metal atom, a pigment, a resin, and a solvent

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A coloring composition includes at least one compound S selected from a compound S-1 represented by Formula (1) or a compound S-2 in which the compound S-1 is coordinated to a metal atom, a pigment, a resin P, and a solvent, in which the resin P includes at least one selected from a graft resin P-1 having a specific graft chain, a block copolymer P-2 including a specific structure, or a resin P-3 in which at least one terminal of a polymer chain including a specific structure is capped with an acid group.

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Provided are a photosensitive composition including a coloring material A including a pigment, a pigment derivative B, and a dispersant C, in which the pigment derivative B includes a pigment derivative B1 in which a maximum value of a molar absorption coefficient in a wavelength range of 400 to 700 nm is 3000 L.Math.mol.sup.−1.Math.cm.sup.−1 or less, the dispersant C includes a dispersant C1 having an ethylenically unsaturated bond-containing group, and a total content of the coloring material A and the pigment derivative B in a total solid content of the photosensitive composition is 50% by mass or more; a film formed of the photosensitive composition; an optical filter, a solid-state imaging element; and an image display device.

A method for producing a halogenated zinc phthalocyanine pigment includes a step of forming a halogenated zinc phthalocyanine crude pigment into a pigment. The halogenated zinc phthalocyanine crude pigment is obtained by deposition of a halogenated zinc phthalocyanine, which is synthesized by using a compound that generates an acid by reacting with water, and the step includes a pretreatment step of heating the halogenated zinc phthalocyanine crude pigment in water to obtain a halogenated zinc phthalocyanine prepigment having a pH of 5.0 or more.