There is provided a photosensitive coloring composition which is capable of forming a pattern having high light shielding property, excellent solvent resistance and mechanical characteristics, and which is preferably used for forming colored spacers in particular. The photosensitive coloring composition of the present invention is a photosensitive coloring composition comprising (a) a colorant, (b) an alkali-soluble resin, (c) a photopolymerization initiator, (d) an ethylenically unsaturated compound, (e) a solvent, Wherein the content of the colorant in the total solid content of the photosensitive coloring composition is 20% by mass or more, and the alkali-soluble resin (b) is an alkali-soluble resin having a partial structure represented by the following formula (I) (b-1). [Chemical Formula 1]
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