Light-sensitive transfer material and image-forming method employing the same

A light-sensitive transfer material comprising:

• a substantially transparent support;
• a light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer on one side of said support;
• and
• a release layer and, a color material layer containing a dye or a pigment and a photoresist layer, or a photoresist layer containing a dye or pigment, sequentially on the side of said support opposite from said silver halide emulsion layer.

An image-forming method comprising the steps of:

• (a) imagewise exposing a light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer of a light-sensitive transfer material comprising:
• a substantially transparent support;
• a light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer on one side of said support;
• and
• a release layer and, a color material layer containing a dye or a pigment and a photoresist layer, or a photoresist layer containing a dye or pigment, sequentially on the side of said support opposite from said silver halide emulsion layer;
• and
• developing and fixing said exposed silver halide emulsion layer to form a silver image on said silver halide emulsion layer;
• (c) exposing said photoresist layer through said silver image to sensitize said photoresist layer in proportion to said silver image;
• (d) developing said exposed photoresist layer to form a color-material image on said substantially transparent support;
• and
• (e) transferring said formed color material image onto an image-receiving sheet.