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(57) [Problem] To provide a dye mixture for forming a black image excellent in image storability such as light fastness. Further, the present invention provides a heat-sensitive transfer recording material for forming a black image having high density, good gradation, and excellent fixability, and a heat-sensitive transfer recording method using the recording material. SOLUTION: The dye contains a yellow dye, a magenta dye and a cyan dye, and at least one of the dyes is at least 2 dyes. A dye mixture for forming a black image, which is a methine dye having a group or group of atoms capable of forming a chelate at a locus. It is more preferable that two or three of the above-mentioned methine dyes are contained, and that the dye be represented by the general formula (1) or the general formula (2). |