A multicolor image-forming material comprises: an image-receiving sheet having
an image-receiving layer and a support; and at least four thermal transfer sheets
each including a support, a light-to-heat converting layer and an image-forming
layer, in which each of the thermal transfer sheets has a different color, wherein
a multicolor image is formed by: superposing the image-forming layer in each of
the at least four thermal transfer sheets on the image-receiving layer, such that
the image-forming layer is opposed to the image-receiving layer; irradiating the
image-forming layer with a laser beam; transferring the irradiated area of the
image-forming layer onto the image-receiving layer to form an image; and transferring
the image on the image-receiving layer onto an actual printing paper, and each
of the at least four thermal transfer sheets has a recording area being defined
by a product of a length of 515 mm or more and width of 728 mm or more, and each
of the at least four thermal transfer sheets is larger in each of a length-wise
and a width-wise direction than the image-receiving sheet by 20 mm to 80 mm, and
the actual printing paper is larger in each of a length-wise and a width-wise direction
than the image-receiving sheet by 5 mm to 100 mm.