Conductive composition and method of producing same, method of recording conductive image, and conductive image

A conductive image comprising:

• a base material;
• and
• a conductive layer formed on the base material,
• wherein the conductive layer comprises a metal particle and a compound having a repeating structure represented by the following general formula (1) and having a weight-average molecular weight of from 1,000 to 100,000,
• wherein at least a part of a surface of the metal particle is coated with the compound, and a metal atom in the metal particle and a nitrogen atom in the compound are chemically bonded to each other:
• in the general formula (1), R1 to R4 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkoxy group or a hydrophilic group and at least one of R1 to R4 represents the hydrophilic group, R5 to R8 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkoxy group or the hydrophilic group and at least one of R5 to R8 represents the hydrophilic group, and the hydrophilic group is at least one kind selected from the group consisting of:
• a carboxylic acid group;
• a sulfonic acid group;
• a phosphoric acid group;
• and a phosphonic acid group.