Dye-donor element for use according to thermal dye sublimation transfer, said dye-donor element comprising a support provided with a dye layer containing a dye dispersed in a polymeric binder, characterized in that said dye corresponds to the following formula (I) wherein, R1, R2 and R3 independently represent hydrogen, halogen, nitro, an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an aryl group, an alkoxy group, an aryloxy group, a alkylthio group, a arylthio group, an acylamino group, a sulfamoyl group, a carbamoyl group, which groups may be substituted, or R2 and R3 together can form a saturated or aromatic or heterocyclic ring fused-on the cyclohexadiene ring, which ring may be substituted; wherein, R4 represents hydrogen, an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an aryl group, which groups may be substituted, SO2R10, COR10, POR10R11;, R5 represents hydrogen, halogen, nitro, cyano, an alkyl group, an aryl group, an alkoxy group, an alkylthio group, which groups may be substituted;, R6 and R6'independently represent an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an alkenyl group, an aralkyl group, an aryl group, an alkoxy group, an aryloxy group, an alkylthio group, an arylthio group, an amino group or a heterocyclic group, which groups may be substituted, or R6 and R6'together form a 5- or 6-membered ring, which ring may be substituted;, R7 represents an alkyl group, an aryl group, a cycloalkyl group, which groups may be substituted;, R8 and R9 independently represent hydrogen, an alkyl group,an aryl group, a cycloalkyl group, which groups may be substituted, or R8 and R9 together can form a heterocyclic ring, which ring may be substituted;, R10 and R11 independently represent an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an alkenyl group, an aralkyl group, an aryl group, an alkoxy group, an aryloxy group, an alkylthio group, an arylthio group, an amino group or a heterocyclic group, which groups may be substituted, or R10 and R11 together form a 5- or 6-membered ring, which ring may be substituted;, K represents wherein:, R12 and R13 (independently) represent hydrogen, an alkyl group, an aryl group, a heterocyclic group, which groups may be substituted, or R12 and R13 together represent the necessary atoms to close a heterocyclic ring, which ring may be substituted, or R12 and/or R13 together with R14 and/or R17 represent the necessary atoms to close a ring fused-on the benzene ring, which ring may be substituted;, R14, R15, R16 and R17 independently represent hydrogen, hydroxy, halogen, an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an aryl group, an alkyloxy group, an aryloxy group, a carbamoyl group, a sulfamoyl group, which groups may be subsituted which groups may be substituted, NH-SO2R18, NH-COR18, O-SO2R18, O-COR18, or R14 and R15 together and/or R16 and R17 together represent the necessary atoms to close (a) ring(s) fused-on the benzene ring or R14 and/or R17 together with R12 and/or R13 represent the necessary atoms to close a heterocyclic ring fused-on the benzene ring, which groups may be substituted;, R18 represents an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an alkenyl group, an aralkyl group, an aryl group, an alkyloxy group, an aryloxy group, an alkylthio group, an arylthio group, an amino group, a heterocyclic group, which groups may be substituted.