To provide a low-cost photosensitive paste composition, with which a high-definition pattern in a thin film having a low resistance and less roughness at a pattern edge can be formed on a glass substrate, and to provide a method for forming a pattern that uses the photosensitive paste composition.

The photosensitive paste composition contains (A) a conductive powder having a colorant on the surface, (B) an alkali-soluble resin, (C) a multifunctional (meth)acrylate and (D) a photopolymerization initiator.