In a liquid composition for metachromatic members which is to be applied
to a metachromatic member having a support and provided thereon a porous
layer formed by fixing therein a low refractive index pigment in a
disperse state together with a binder resin, the liquid composition has a
liquid medium and dissolved and/or dispersed therein a solid matter
having a refractive index of from 1.3 to 1.8. Also disclosed is a
metachromatic member set having this liquid composition and a
metachromatic member. The liquid composition for metachromatic members
satisfies permanent preservability of images, having superior density
retention and shape retention of images formed in the metachromatic
member and being suitable for uses in which impressions of hands, feet
and the like are taken and preserved or in which written images or
stamped images are preserved.