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[PROBLEMS] To provide a coloring material having a clear color and excellent weather resistance, which can be used for coloring hard copy color materials represented by ink jet and electrophotography, printing inks, paints, writing inks, color filters and the like. To provide. Also, to provide a recording material such as an ink or a toner using the coloring compound as a coloring material. A dye compound represented by the following general formula (1): An ink for an ink jet cartridge and an electrophotographic toner containing the coloring compound. A-L 1 -XL 2 -B (1) [Wherein, A represents a coloring site, B represents a stabilizing site having anti-fading ability, and L 1 and L 2 are linkers that connect A, X, and B by a covalent bond] [Selection] Figure 1 |