Thermal transfer recording material and image forming method

摘要

Disclosed is an image forming method which has the steps of: (a) superposing a thermal recording material and an image-receiving material, (b) heating the thermal transfer recording material to the extent according to image information; and (c) forming an image on the image-receiving material with a chelate dye formed upon reaction of a metal source being present in the image-receiving material or in a heat-fusible layer of the thermal transfer recording material and a yellow dye represented by Formula 1: Formula 1 wherein R1 and R2 independently represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent; R3 represents an alkyl group or aryl group which may have a substituent; Z represents a group of atoms necessary to form a 5- or 6-membered aromatic ring with two carbon atoms.