An optical image forming material in which the background portions thereof are not color developed (not fogged) during storage in the dark after fixing, comprising a support having thereon at least a coating layer containing (1) microcapsules containing a leuco dye which is form color when it is oxidized and a photooxidizing agent, and (2) a reducing agent and a fixing accelerator present outside of the microcapsules. The reducing agent is a hydroquinone derivative substituted by an alkyl group at each of 2- and 5-positions thereof, and the fixing accelerator is 2,2-bis(4-hydroxy-phenyl)propane.