Recording material produced using non-phenol compound

A recording composition containing a color former, wherein the recording composition contains at least one compound selected from the group consisting of:

• a compound represented by the following formula (I):
• where:
• R1, R2, and R3 each independently represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a nitro group, a C1-C6 alkyl group, a C1-C6 alkoxyl group, a C2-C6 alkenyl group, a C1-C6 fluoroalkyl group, a N(R4)2 group, NHCOR5, an optionally substituted phenyl group, or an optionally substituted benzyl group;
• R4 represents a hydrogen atom, a phenyl group, a benzyl group, or a C1-C6 alkyl group;
• R5 represents a C1-C6 alkyl group;
• n1 and n3 each independently represents any integer of 1 to 5;
• and
• n2 represents any integer of 1 to 4;
• a compound represented by the following formula (II):
• where:
• R1, R2, R3, n2, and n3 are as defined above;
• and
• n4 represents any integer of 1 to 7);
• and
• a compound represented by the following formula (III):
• where R1, R2 , R3, n2, n3, and n4 are as defined above.