Color recording method

A color recording method for recording images in color, comprising the steps of:

• forming a uniform mixture of three types of translucent photoconductive toner particles in three primary colors in a hopper which holds said toner particles therein;
• supplying said mixed toner particles from said hopper onto a doner member which is an electrically conductive doner roller;
• forming a layer having a predetermined thickness of said uniform mixture of three types of translucent photoconductive toner particles on said doner member by a doctor blade means while applying a predetermined voltage of a first polarity to said layer of said toner particles through said doctor blade means;
• subjecting the layer of the mixture of said photoconductive toner particles to a color image exposure, thereby selectively decreasing the electric resistivities of said toner particles in patterns corresponding to the color image exposure;
• applying a predetermined voltage of a second polarity opposite to the first polarity across the layer of said photoconductive toner particles in the direction of thickness thereof during a period in which said photoconductive toner particles which have been made electrically conductive by the color image exposure thereto still maintain their decreased resistivities, at which resistivities charge injection into said photoconductive toner particles with decreased electric resistivities is possible, thereby forming a charge distribution in the layer of said photoconductive toner particles corresponding to the color image exposure;
• separating the layer of said photoconductive toner particles into a charge-injected portion and a non-charge-injected portion in accordance with charge distribution;
• and
• transferring said non-charge-injected portion onto a recording medium.