Coloring composition, light absorption anisotropic film, laminate, and image display device

A coloring composition comprising:

• A dichroic dye compound having a structure represented by Formula (1D);
• and
• a liquid crystalline compound, wherein
• in Formula (1D), C1 and C2 each independently represent a monovalent substituent, and at least one of C1 and C2 represents a crosslinkable group,
• in Formula (1D), M1 represents —O—, —S—, —O—CO—O—, —CO—NRN—, —O—CONRN—, —SO2—, —SO—, an alkylene group, a cycloalkylene group, an alkenylene group, and a group obtained by combining two or more of the above groups, RN represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group, M2 represents a divalent linking group, and in at least one of M1 and M2, the number of atoms of a main chain is 4 or more,
• in Formula (1D), Ar1 and Ar2 each independently represent any one of a phenylene group which may have a substituent, a naphthylene group which may have a substituent, and a biphenylene group which may have a substituent,
• in Formula (1D), E represents any one of a nitrogen atom, an oxygen atom, and a sulfur atom,
• in Formula (1D), R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent,
• in Formula (1D), R2 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group which may have a substituent,
• in Formula (1D), n represents 0 or 1, such that in a case where E is a nitrogen atom, n is 1, and in a case where E is an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom, n is 0,
• in Formula (1D), at least one of the following Condition 1 and Condition 2 is satisfied,
• Condition 1:
• C1 is a crosslinkable group, and the number of atoms of a main chain of M1 is 4 or more,
• Condition 2:
• C2 is a crosslinkable group, and the number of atoms of a main chain of M2 is 4 or more,
• the liquid crystalline compound is a high-molecular-weight liquid crystalline compound having a repeating unit represented by Formula (1), or both a repeating unit represented by Formula (2) and a repeating unit represented by Formula (3),
• in Formula (1), Formula (2) and Formula (3), R represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, L represents a single bond or a divalent linking group, B represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a cyano group, an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, an amino group, an oxycarbonyl group, an acyloxy group, an acylamino group, an alkoxycarbonylamino group, a sulfonylamino group, a sulfamoyl group, a carbamoyl group, an alkylthio group, a sulfonyl group, a sulfinyl group, or a ureido group, C represents a crosslinkable group, and M represents a mesogenic group,
• the crosslinkable group is an acryloyl group or a methacryloyl group, and
• the dichroic dye compound and the liquid crystalline compound are aligned at a high alignment degree.