Coloring material and method for producing the same

A color material represented by the following general formula (I):

• wherein A is an “a”-valent organic group in which a carbon atom directly bound to N has no π bond, and the organic group is a cyclic aliphatic hydrocarbon group having a saturated aliphatic hydrocarbon group at least at a terminal position directly bound to N, and O, S, N can be contained in a carbon chain of the organic group;
• B− is a monovalent organic anion having a sulfonate group (—SO3− group) and a plurality of B−s can be the same or different;
• each of R1 to R5 is independently a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group which can have a substituent group, or an aryl group which can have a substituent group;
• R2 and R3 can be bound to form a ring structure, and/or R4 and R5 can be bound to form a ring structure;
• Ar1 is a divalent polycyclic aromatic group which can have a substituent group;
• a plurality of R1s can be the same or different;
• a plurality of R2s can be the same or different;
• a plurality of R3s can be the same or different;
• a plurality of R4s can be the same or different;
• a plurality of R5s can be the same or different;
• and a plurality of Ar1s can be the same or different;
• and
• wherein “a” is an integer of 2 or more;
• “b” is 0 or 1 and there is no bond when “b” is 0;
• and a plurality of “b”s can be the same or different.