PURPOSE: To provide a pressure-sensitive recording sheet in which a coloring image formed on a developer sheet can be read out through an OCR even if the coloring image is exposed to light.

CONSTITUTION: An aromatic metallic carboxylate is employed as a developer and divinylphthalide represented by the formula is added to microcapsule. In the formula, R1, R2 represent alkyl, cycloalkyl or benzyl or phenyl which may be substituted and R1, R2 may form a ring together with N. X represents H, halogen, alkyl, alkoxyl or-NR3R4(R3, R4 are defined similar to R1, R2), Y1, Y2, Y3 represent H, halogen, alkyl or alkoxyl and Z represents H, Cl, or Br.