Patent ID: 8049018

Claim:
A methine dye which comprises an atomic group represented by General Formula 2: General Formula 2: wherein in General Formula 2, Z 1 to Z 4 each independently represent aromatic rings which may have substituents, R 1 , R 2 , R 5 , R 6 , R 7 and R 8 each independently represent hydrogen atoms or appropriate substituents, R 3 , R 4 , R 9 and R 10 are the same or different hydrocarbon groups which may have substituents, any two of the substituents for R 5 to R 8 or of the hydrocarbons for R 9 and R 10 may be linked together via a divalent linking group, L represents a divalent linking group which may have a substituent, J 1 and J 2 each independently represent monomethine or polymethine chains, which may have substituents and/or cyclic structures, Y 1 and Y 2 each independently represent carbon atoms or hetero atoms, and when Y 1 and/or Y 2 are hetero atoms, part or the whole of R 5 to R 8 do not exist.