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
4
to R
4
each independently represent a hydrogen atom or the like; R
5
to R
8
each independently represent a hydrogen atom or the like; R
9
and R
10
each independently represent a monovalent saturated hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms or the like; R
11
and R
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.
本发明的一个目的是提供一种新型的方苯基
染料,即使与含有传统方苯基
染料的着色
树脂组合相比,也可以实现具有低含量方苯基
染料的着色
树脂组合的等效色度值。本发明提供了一个由式(I)表示的化合物,其中R4到R4各自独立地表示氢原子或类似物;R5到R8各自独立地表示氢原子或类似物;R9和R10各自独立地表示具有1到20个碳原子的一价饱和碳氢基团或类似物;R11和R12各自独立地表示卤素原子或具有1到6个碳原子的烷基卤素基团;m1和m2各自独立地表示1到5的整数。