a positive light - sensitive composition containing : a quinonediazide type , positive light - sensitive substance and at least one compound selected from the group consisting of those compounds represented by the following general formulae ## str1 ## wherein x 1 and x 2 each represents an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom ; r 1 and r 2 each represents a hydrogen atom , an alkyl group , an aralkyl group , an aryl group or a cycloalkyl group ; those compounds represented by the general formula ## str2 ## wherein r 3 represents a hydrogen atom , an alkyl group , an aralkyl group , an aryl group or a cycloalkyl group ; and r 4 represents a hydrogen atom , an alkyl group or a cycloalkyl group ; and o - benzoic acid sulfimide .