Patent ID: 7572559

Claim:
A colorant-containing curable composition comprising a colorant and a solvent, wherein the colorant comprises a compound represented by Formula (I) and/or a tautomer thereof, and the solvent comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of cyclohexanone, cyclopentanone, propyleneglycol methyl ether, propyleneglycol methyl ether acetate, a lactate ester, and diacetone alcohol: wherein, in Formula (I): R 1 and R 4 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 21 carbon atoms, an alkenyl group having 2 to 21 carbon atoms, an aryl group having 6 to 21 carbon atoms, an aralkyl group having 7 to 21 carbon atoms, or a substituent having a hetero atom; R 3 is a 2-hydroxyethyl group, or a phenyl group having a —COOM group as a substitutent wherein M represents a hydrogen atom or a cation consisting of metallic atom or nitrogen-containing compound; at least one of R 1 , R 3 and R 4 represents a substituent having a hetero atom; R 3 and R 4 may be formed into a heterocycle together with a jointly bonded nitrogen atom; and R 2 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, a methoxymethyl group, or a trifluoromethyl group.