The present invention provides a paint containing an infrared absorbing pigment (A), a resin (B) and a solvent (C) and diacetone alcohol as an essential component of the solvent (C), and a near infrared absorbing filter formed using the paint. The infrared absorbing dye (A) is preferably a diimonium compound, especially a diimonium compound represented by the following general formula (I). In the formula, R11, R12, R13, R14, R15, R16, R17, and R18 represent a hydrogen atom or a C1-10 alkyl group that may have a substituent, and R19, R20, R21, and R22 represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, and may have A C1-10 alkyl group of the substituent or an amino group that may have a substituent, the methylene group in the above-mentioned alkyl group may be substituted by -O- or -CH=CH-, t represents the number of 1 to 4, and Anq- represents q Valence anions.