Silver-free light-sensitive material

A silver-free, light sensitive composition, comprising an organic polyhalide compound capable of splitting into reactive radicals when exposed to ultraviolet rays, and an azo dyestuff of the general formula ##STR26## wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, R.sub.4, R.sub.5 are the same or different and are hydrogen, fluoro, chloro, bromo, iodo, hydroxy, nitro, cyano, acetyl, acetylamino, trifluoromethyl, alkyl with 1 to 6 carbon atoms, alkoxy with 1 to 6 carbon atoms, cyanoalkoxy with 1 to 4 carbon atoms, fluorinated alkoxy with 1 to 4 carbon atoms, ##STR27## R.sub.6, R.sub.7 are the same or different and are aralkyl, cyanoalkyl, alkyl with 1 to 6 carbon atoms, hydroxyalkyl with 1 to 6 carbon atoms, R.sub.6 and R.sub.7 together form a 5- or 6-membered heterocyclic ring or a 5- or 6-membered heterocyclic ring with an additional heteroatom,

• R.sub.8 is hydrogen, hydroxy, alkoxy with 1 to 6 carbon atoms;
• --CONHR.sub.9, ##STR28## --CONR.sub.11 R.sub.12 ;
• R.sub.9 is alkyl with 1 to 6 carbon atoms, hydroxyalkyl with 1 to 6 carbon atoms, aminoalkyl with 1 to 6 carbon atoms,
• R.sub.10 is hydrogen, fluoro, chloro, bromo, iodo, nitro, cyano, acetyl, trifluoromethyl, alkyl with 1 to 6 carbon atoms, alkoxy with 1 to 6 carbon atoms,
• R.sub.11, R.sub.12 are the same or different and are alkyl with 1 to 6 carbon atoms, aralkyl, R.sub.11 and R.sub.12 together form a 5- or 6-membered heterocyclic ring, or a 5- or 6-membered heterocyclic ring with an additional heteroatom.