Abstract: Multilayer color photographic element having on a support base blue-, green- and red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layers respectively associated with non-diffusing yellow, magenta and cyan dye-forming couplers, wherein (a) the green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer comprises three green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layers, respectively uppermost, intermediate and lowermost, sensitive to the same spectral region of visible light, in which the sensitivity of the three green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layers decreases in order from the uppermost silver halide emulsion layer to the lowermost silver halide emulsion layer, (b) each of the three green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layers contains an 1-phenyl-3-anilino-4-phenylthio-5-pyrazolone magenta dye-forming coupler, (c) the weight ratio of the coupler to silver halide (expressed as silver) in the highest sensitivity uppermost green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer is higher than the weight ratio of the coupler to silver halide (exp

Abstract: Silver halide photographic element comprising a support and at least one silver halide emulsion layer having therein a 2-equivalent 5-pyrazolone magenta coupler represented by the formula: ##STR1## wherein a represents an integer from 0 to 3,b represents an integer from 0 to 2,R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are each individually hydrogen, alkyl, alkoxy, halogen, aryl, aryloxy, acylamino, sulfonamido, sulfamoyl, carbamoyl, arylsulfonyl, aryloxycarbonyl, alkoxycarbonyl, alkoxysulfonyl, aryloxysulfonyl, alkylureido, arylureido, nitro, cyano, hydroxyl or carboxy group,R.sub.3 is halogen atom, alkyl or aryl group,X is a direct link or a linking group,Ball is a ballasting group which renders a group to which is attached non-diffusible in photographic coatings, andthe sum of the sigma values of R.sub.1, R.sub.3 and X-Ball is less than 1.3.