| abstract |
To provide an image forming material having sufficiently low absorbance in a visible light wavelength region of 400 nm or more and 750 nm or less and sufficiently high absorbance in a near infrared light wavelength region of 750 nm or more and 1000 nm or less. The image forming material of the present invention contains a perimidine-based squarylium dye represented by the following formula (I). [Chemical 1] [Selection] Figure 1 |