摘要 |
PURPOSE:To use various excellent dyes difficult in the combination use with cyan ink and to form a color image excellent in light fastness, by using a predetermined metal phthalocyanine dye or a metal-free phthalocyanine dye as the dye of the cyan ink and covering the color image with a transparent protective member containing at least an ultraviolet absorber. CONSTITUTION:In forming a color image by using a plurality of inks different in hue, a phthalocyanine dye coordinated with a metal of the Groups II, IV, VII, VIII or a metal-free phthalocyanine dye is used as the dye of cyan ink and a color image formed is covered with a transparent protective member containing at least an ultraviolet absorber. By using the phthalocyanine dye, the lowering in the light fastness of a dye having other hue used together is not generated and, further, by covering the color image with the transparent protective member, the color image extremely excellent in light fastness as a whole can be provided. |