Patent ID: 7250239

Claim:
A yellow toner for flash fixation, comprising an infrared absorbent, one or more yellow colorants, and a binder resin, wherein a* of the infrared absorbent in a CIELAB color space is less than 0, and a* of one yellow colorant in the CIELAB color space is more than 0; and wherein the yellow colorants comprise one or more yellow colorants selected from the group A consisting of C. I. Pigment Yellow 180, C. I. Pigment Yellow 185, C. I. Pigment Yellow 74, and C. I. Pigment Yellow 93, and one or more yellow colorants selected from the group B consisting of C. I. Pigment Yellow 139, C. I. Pigment Yellow 110, C. I. Pigment Yellow 95, C. I. Pigment Yellow 123, C. I. Pigment Yellow 166 and C. I. Pigment Yellow 193.