Method for forming print, thermal transfer sheet, and combination of thermal transfer sheet and intermediate transfer medium

A method for forming a print, comprising;

• providing an intermediate transfer medium in which a first transfer layer is provided on a support;
• providing a thermal transfer sheet;
• and
• providing a transfer receiving article;
• wherein the thermal transfer sheet has a first colorant layer, a second colorant layer, and a second transfer layer,
• wherein the thermal transfer sheet is any of
• (i) a combination of a thermal transfer sheet in which the first colorant layer is provided on a substrate, a thermal transfer sheet in which the second colorant layer is provided on a substrate, and a thermal transfer sheet in which the second transfer layer is provided on a substrate,
• (ii) a combination of a thermal transfer sheet in which any one layer of the first colorant layer, the second colorant layer, and the second transfer layer is provided on a substrate and a thermal transfer sheet in which the other two layers are provided on a substrate so as being frame sequentially, and
• (iii) a thermal transfer sheet in which the first colorant layer, the second colorant layer, and the second transfer layer are provided on a substrate so as being frame sequentially, and
• wherein the method further comprises
• combining the intermediate transfer medium with the thermal transfer sheet, and forming a first image onto a portion of the first transfer layer of the intermediate transfer medium using the first colorant layer of the thermal transfer sheet,
• transferring the second transfer layer of the thermal transfer sheet onto the first image so that at least a portion of a region on which the first image of the first transfer layer was not formed is exposed,
• forming a second image on the exposed first transfer layer using the second colorant layer of the thermal transfer sheet, and
• transferring the first transfer layer having the first image together with the second transfer layer having the second image onto the transfer receiving article.