Chromogenic quinazolines of formula IMAGE (1) wherein R is an aryl radical or a heterocyclic radical, Z1 is oxygen or sulfur, Z2 is oxygen, sulfur or IMAGE R' is hydrogen, alkyl which is unsubstituted or substituted by halogen, cyano or lower alkoxy, or is cycloalkyl, phenyl, benzyl, phenethyl or acyl, or -NRR' is a 5- or 6-membered heterocyclic radical, Q is an aliphatic radical which may be interrupted by a further member Z2, Y is the radical of a couplable compound, and the ring A is unsubstituted or substituted by halogen, cyano, nitro, lower alkyl, lower alkoxy or lower alkoxycarbonyl. These quinazolines are exceedingly fast to sublimation and are particularly suitable color formers in pressure-sensitive or heat-sensitive recording materials and give strong and lightfast yellow and orange colorations.
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