The present invention provides a dye that is excellent in solubility and excellent in heat resistance and a novel compound that is preferable for the dye, and specifically provides a yellow dye having a wavelength of maximum absorption in the region of 400 to 450 nm, and also provides a coloring (alkali-developable) photosensitive composition using the above-mentioned dye, and an optical filter using the above-mentioned coloring (alkali-developable) photosensitive composition, specifically a color filter that does not decrease luminance and thus is preferable for image display devices such as liquid crystal display panels. Specifically, a compound represented by the following general formula (1) is used as the dye. The content of the above-mentioned general formula (1) is as described in the description.
本发明提供了一种溶解性和耐热性均优异的
染料以及一种优选用于该
染料的新化合物,具体提供了在400至450 nm最大吸收波长区域具有黄色
染料,并提供了使用上述
染料的着色(碱可显影)光敏组合物和使用上述着色(碱可显影)光敏组合物的光学滤光片,具体为不降低亮度的彩色滤光片,因此非常适用于
液晶显示面板等图像显示设备。具体来说,将下列通式(1)所表示的化合物用作
染料。上述通式(1)的内容如说明书所述。