Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material capable of providing a dye image having excellent color reproducibility, less fading of cyan, magenta and yellow colors and a dye image fastness with a good balance of the three colors, comprise a support and provided thereon a silver halide light-sensitive layer containing a cyan coupler, a silver halide light-sensitive layer containing a magenta coupler, and a silver halide light-sensitive layer containing a yellow coupler, wherein the silver halide light-sensitive layer containing the cyan coupler contains at least one pyrrolotriazole cyan couplers represented by the following Formula (I) or (II) as a cyan coupler and the silver halide light-sensitive layer containing the magenta coupler contains a pyrazoloazole magenta coupler represented by the following Formula (M) as a magenta coupler: ##STR1## with the substituents as defined in the specification.

Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material which provides a good color developability and an excellent color reproducibility in every hue comprises at least a cyan dye-forming emulsion layer, a magenta dye-forming emulsion layer and a yellow dye-forming emulsion layer, wherein the cyan dye-forming emulsion layer contains at least one cyan dye-forming coupler represented by the following Formula (I) or (II) and the yellow dye-forming emulsion layer contains at least one yellow dye-forming coupler represented by the following Formula (III) or (IV): ##STR1## to form a homopolymer or a copolymer; ##STR2## wherein X.sub.3 represents ##STR3## with the substituents as defined herein the specification.

Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material containing a novel cyan coupler and capable of forming a cyan dye having a high color density and an excellent light fastness. The photographic light-sensitive material contains at least one 1H-imidazo[1,5-a]imidazole cyan coupler represented by the following Formula (I) in at least one layer provided on a support: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent; R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 each represent a substituent, provided that at least one of R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3 and represents an electron attractive group; and X represents a hydrogen atom or a group capable of splitting off upon a reaction with an oxidation product of a color developing agent.

Abstract: A silver halide color photosensitive material which forms a cyan dye that has superior heat resistance and that will not readily fade in a reducing atmosphere. The silver halide color photosensitive material contains in at least one layer on a support at least one coupler represented by formula (I): ##STR1##wherein R.sup.1 represents hydrogen atom or a substituent; R.sup.2 represents a substituent; X represents hydrogen atom or a group releasable on a coupling reaction with an oxidation product of a color developing agent; Z.sup.1 represents a nonmetallic atom group necessary for forming a nitrogen-containing, six-membered, heterocyclic ring which has at least one dissociative group: Z.sup.1 cannot be --C(.dbd.O)--N(R)-- C(.dbd.O)--NH--; and R represents a substituent.Also disclosed is a novel dye forming coupler which exhibits a high coupling activity and which gives a dye having a large molar extinction coefficient and superior stability, the coupler being represented by the following formula (XX) or (XXI).

Abstract: Photographic silver halide materials and processes employ at least one coupler having a coupling-off group which includes a carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring which bears a silyl substituent on at least one of its ring carbon atoms and is attached via another of its ring atoms either directly or through a linking group or atom to the coupling position of the coupler. The silyl substituent bears three groups which are independently aromatic groups, heterocyclic groups, aliphatic groups or additional silyl groups bonded through a linking atom to the silicon atom in said silyl substituent.

Abstract: Disclosed is a photographic coupler represented by the formula 1: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and Y each represent hydrogen atom or a substituent; Z represents a non-metallic atomic group necessary for forming a 5- to 7-membered heterocyclic ring, and said 5- to 7-membered ring may have a substituent(s); and X represents hydrogen atom or a substituent which is eliminatable by the reaction with an oxidized product of a color developing agent, which is used for a light-sensitive silver halide color photographic material and a heat-processable light-sensitive material.

Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material containing one or more imidazotriazole cyan couplers each having an electron attracting group with a .sigma.p of 0.35 or more in at least one layer on the support. The material provides a cyan color image having a sharp light absorption characteristic absorbing light having a relatively long wavelength falling within a narrow wavelength range. The imidazotriazole cyan coupler is of the following structural formula (I): ##STR1## where R.sub.1 represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent; R.sub.2 represents an electron attracting group having a Hammett's constant value .sigma.p of 0.35 or ore; X represents a hydrogen atom or a group released by coupling with an oxidation product of an aromatic primary amine color developing agent; and R.sub.1 or R.sub.2 may also be a divalent group forming a dimer or higher polymer, or they each may be bonded to a polymer chain to form a homopolymer or copolymer.

Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material comprising a support having thereon at least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing at least one 1H-pyrrolo[2,1-c][1,2,4]triazole cyan coupler represented by the following general formula (I) or (II): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 each represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent, provided that at least one of R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 is an electron withdrawing group which has a Hammett's substituent constant .sigma.p value of 0.15 or more; R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 may be bonded to form a ring; and X represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent capable of being released upon coupling with an oxidation product of an aromatic primary amine color developing agent; said coupler may form a bis-compound or or a polymer at R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.

Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material is disclosed. The light-sensitive material comprises a support having thereon a silver halide emulsion layer containing a coupler represented by the following formula I or II; ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is a hydrogen atom or a group having a Hammet's .sigma.p value of 0 or more; X1 is a hydrogen atom or a substituent capable of splitting off upon reaction with the oxidation product of a color developing agent; Y.sub.1 is a hydrogen atom or a substituent; and Z.sub.1 is a group of non- metal atoms necessary for forming an aromatic six-member heterocyclic ring which may have a substituent, ##STR2## wherein R.sub.2 and Y.sub.2 are independently a hydrogen atom or a substituent; X.sub.2 is a hydrogen atom or a substituent capable of splitting off upon reaction with the oxidation product of a color developing agent; and Z.sub.2 is a group of non-metal atoms necessary for forming an aromatic five-member heterocyclic ring which may have a substituent.

Abstract: There is disclosed a cyan dye-forming coupler represented by formula (I) and a silver color photographic material containing same. ##STR1## wherein EWG represents an electron-attractive group having a Hammett substituent constant .sigma..sub.p value of 0.30 or more, R represents a substituent, l represents an integer of 0 to 2, X represents a hydrogen atom or a group capable of being released upon coupling reaction with the oxidized product of an aromatic primary amine derivative, R and EWG may bond together to form a ring, and when l is 2, two Rs may be the same or different or may bond together to form a ring.

Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material comprising a support having thereon at least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing at least one 1H-pyrrolo[1,2-b][1,2,4]triazole cyan coupler represented by the following general formula (I) or (II): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 each represents an electron withdrawing group having a Hammett's substituent constant .sigma.p value of 0.20 or more; R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 may be bonded to form a ring; the sum of a Hammett's substituent constant .sigma.p value of R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 is 0.65 or more; R.sub.3 represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent; and X represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent capable of being released upon coupling with an oxidation product of an aromatic primary amine color developing agent; said coupler may be in a form of a bis-compound or a polymer formed at R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.

Abstract: A photographic silver halide material and process comprises at least one image dye-forming coupler and at least one coupler (A) represented by the formula SOL-COUP-LINK-PUG wherein SOL is a water solubilizing amide group, COUP is a naphtholic coupler moiety that, upon reaction with oxidized developer is capable of releasing LINK-PUG and capable of forming a compound that is washed out of the photographic material during photographic processing; LINK-PUG is in turn capable of releasing a photographically useful group (PUG) during photographic processing; and wherein LINK is a carbamate linking group comprising a photographic ballast group on the nitrogen atom of the carbamate group. Such a photographic silver halide material enables formation of improved images.

Abstract: A photographic naphtholic coupler comprising a ballast free naphtholic coupler moiety containing a --CONH.sub.2 group in the 2-position and a ballasted coupling-off group in the 4-position enables good wash out of dye formed upon oxidative coupling from a photographic material during processing of such a photographic material. Such a naphtholic coupler is useful in photographic silver halide materials and processes.

Abstract: There is disclosed a cyan dye-forming coupler represented by formula (I) and a silver halide color photographic material containing same. ##STR1## wherein EWG represents an electron-attractive group having a Hammett substituent constant .sigma..sub.p value of 0.30 or more, R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 each represent a substituent, l represents an integer of 0 or 1, X represents a hydrogen atom or a group capable of being released upon coupling reaction with the oxidized product of an aromatic primary amine derivative, and Y represents a hydroxyl group or a sulfonamido group.

Abstract: Method of processing a silver halide color photosensitive material which comprises the steps of a developing process, a bleach-fixing solution or a fixing solution, and then, without washing with water, treated with a stabilizing solution. The method is characterized in that the silver halide color photo sensitive material comprises a high boiling point organic solvent having a dielectric constant of 3.5 or more and the stabilizing solution comprises silicone having the surface tension 20 to 60.

Abstract: A method of forming a cyan dye image in an exposed silver halide color photographic material comprising a support and a photosensitive silver halide emulsion, said method comprising developing the exposed silver halide color photographic material with a color developing solution containing an aromatic primary amine color developing agent in the presence of a cyan coupler represented by formula (I): ##STR1## wherein EWG.sub.1 and EWG.sub.2 each represents an electron attractive group having a Hammett's substituent constant .sigma..sub.p value of at least 0.30 or;R.sub.1 represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent;R.sub.2 represents a substituent;X represents a hydrogen atom or a group capable of splitting off by a coupling reaction with an oxidation product of an aromatic primary amine color developing agent;R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 may be bonded to each other to form a ring; provided that R.sub.2 must not be a halogen atom; and a silver halide color photographic material containing the cyan dye forming coupler.

Abstract: A method of processing a silver halide color photographic material is disclosed, comprising a support having provided thereon at least one light-sensitive emulsion layer, which comprises the steps of color developing the material with a developer to which a replenisher is added and bleaching the developed material, wherein the material contains a coupler represented by the following general formula (I) and the amount of replenisher added to the color developer is 600 ml or less per m.sup.2 of the material: ##STR1## wherein A represents a coupler group, and when A is a phenol or naphthol coupler group, n is 1, and when A is any other coupler group, n is 0; and R represents an alkyl group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, or a pyridyl group. Images having excellent photographic characteristics are obtained by the method even though the amount of the replenisher is reduced.

Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material is disclosed, in which dye images having a high fastness against heat, moisture and light. The light-sensitive material comprises a support having there on a silver halide emulsion layer containing a coupler represented by the following formula I; ##STR1## wherein Za is a --C.dbd. group or a --C.dbd. group, Zb is a nitrogen atom or a ##STR2## group and Zc is a nitrogen atom or a ##STR3## group, provided that when Zb is a nitrogen atom, Za and Zc are the ##STR4## group and the ##STR5## group, respectively, and when Zc is a nitrogen atom, Za and Zb are the ##STR6## group and the ##STR7## group, respectively; R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, R.sub.4, R.sub.5, R.sub.6 and Y are each a hydrogen atom or a substituent; X is a hydrogen atom or a substituent capable of splitting off upon reaction with the oxydation product of a color developing agent; n and m are each 1 or 0, provided that m+n is 1.

Abstract: Disclosed is a dye forming coupler represented by formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2, which may be the same or different, each represents a substituent group, and X is a hydrogen atom or a group which can be eliminated by a coupling reaction with the oxidized species of a primary aromatic amine derivative.

Abstract: Disclosed is a silver halide color photographic material comprising a support thereon having at least one silver halide emulsion layer containing at least one cyan coupler of the general formula (I): ##STR1## where R represents a group capable of being an imidazo[1,2-b]pyrazole skeletal substituent;EWG represents an electron-attracting substituent which does not substantially split off from the formula on reaction of the coupler with an oxidation product of an aromatic primary amine developing agent;X represents a hydrogen atom or a releasable group which splits off from the formula on reaction of the coupler with an oxidation product of an aromatic primary amine developing agent; andn represents an integer of from 1 to 7,providing an excellent cyan dye and cyan image having satisfactory absorption characteristic and color fastness.

Abstract: There is disclosed a novel dye-forming coupler, a silver halide color photographic material using the same, and a method for processing the silver halide color photographic material, wherein the dye-forming coupler is a cyan dye-forming coupler represented by formula (I), the silver halide color photographic material comprises the coupler represented by formula (I) in at least one of its photosensitive layers, and the method for processing the silver halide color photographic material comprises a color-developing process using a color developer substantially free from benzyl alcohol. The disclosure described provides a silver halide color photographic material whose color image is fast to light, heat, and humidity and whose color reproduction is excellent. ##STR1## wherein H--Z-- represents an unsubstituted amino group or an aliphatic amino, aromatic amino, or heterocyclic amino group, which may be substituted, R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 each represent an electron-donating group, R.sup.

Abstract: A light-sensitive silver halide material composed of a support having thereon at least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, at least one layer of the light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer or an adjacent layer thereof containing an oil droplet dispersion in a hydrophilic binder, the oil droplets containing the combination of (a) a polymer insoluble in water and soluble in an organic solvent; (b) a high boiling point organic solvent having a viscosity at 25.degree. C. of at least 500 cp and a boiling point of at least 120.degree. C.; and (c) at least one coupler capable of forming a non-diffusible cyan dye by a coupling reaction with an oxidized form of a primary aromatic amine developing agent.

Abstract: A method of forming color in a silver halide photographic element wherein the silver halide is sensitized with a dye involves reacting an oxidized developing agent with a phenol or naphthol cyan dye-forming coupler or an acylacetamide yellow dye-forming coupler in a sulfoxide coupler solvent. The sulfoxide solvent reduces sensitizer dye staining with the cyan or yellow dye-forming coupler in processed photographic materials (films and papers) due to retained sensitizing dye.

Abstract: A method of forming color in a silver halide photographic element wherein the silver halide is sensitized with a dye involves reacting an oxidized developing agent with a phenol or naphthol cyan dye-forming coupler or an acylacetamide yellow dye-forming coupler in a carbonamide coupler solvent. The carbonamide solvent reduces sensitizer dye staining with the cyan or yellow dye-forming coupler in processed photographic materials (films and papers) due to retained sensitizing dye.

Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material is disclosed. The material contains a coupler represented by a formula ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2 and Y independently represent a hydrogen atom or substituent, X represents a hydrogen atom or an atom or group capable of splitting off upon reaction with the oxidation product of a color developing agent. The dye images formed with the coupler of the present invention are fast to heat, moisture and light.

Abstract: There is disclosed a method for forming a color image which comprises developing a silver halide color photographic material having a layer containing a cyan coupler represented by formula (I) with a color developer containing a color-developing agent represented by formula (D) ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 represents an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, or a cycloalkyl group, R.sup.2 represents an alkyl group, alkenyl group, or cycloalkyl group having 4 to 30 carbon atoms in total, R.sup.3 represents an aryl group, and Z represents a hydrogen atom or a group capable of being released upon a coupling reaction, with a color developer containing a color-developing agent represented by the following formula (D): ##STR2## wherein R.sup.4 represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, or a methyl group, R.sup.5 and R.sup.6 each represent a methyl group or an ethyl group, L represents a methylene group or an ethylene group, and n is 1 or 2.

Abstract: A novel silver halide color photographic material is provided, containing at least one coupler represented by formula (C-I) and at least one compound represented by formula (A-I) or (A-II) ##STR1## wherein Q.sub.1 represents an atomic group containing at least one nitrogen atom required to form a 5- or more membered nitrogen-containing heterocyclic ring together with the carbon atoms to which it is bonded; Z.sub.1 represents a hydrogen atom or a coupling-off group; R.sub.C1 represents an acyl or sulfonyl group; and R.sub.C2 represents a hydrogen atom or a C.sub.1-8 aliphatic group, or the substituents for R.sub.C1, R.sub.C2, Z.sub.1, or Q.sub.1 form a dimeric or polymeric coupler; ##STR2## wherein R represents a hydrogen atoms, an aliphatic group, an aromatic group, a heterocyclic group, or a hydrolyzable protective group; R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, R.sub.4, and R.sub.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic material containing at least one dye forming coupler represented by formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.0 represents a hydrogten atom or a substituent; R.sub.1 and R.sub.3 each represents a substituent; R.sub.2 represents an electron attracting group; X represents a hydrogen atom or a group releasable on coupling with an oxidation product of an aromatic primary amine derivative, and a silver halide photographic material containing the same are disclosed. The coupler of formula (I) exhibits excellent coupling activity and provides a dye which has a sharp absorption spectrum with no side absorption in the blue and green light regions and exhibits stability to light, heat and moisture and improved color reproducibility.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel color coupler for photography and a silver halide color photographic material comprising the same, wherein the color coupler is one of the .beta.,.gamma.-unsaturated nitriles represented by formula (I). The invention provides for a color coupler, particularly a cyan coupler, which forms color images less in subsidiary absorption, good in color reproduction, and excellent in fastness, and a silver halide color photographic material having color images as described above. Further the color coupler can be synthesized from inexpensive raw material at a low cost ##STR1## wherein W represents a hydrogen atom or a group capable of being released when the compound is subjected to a coupling reaction with the oxidized product of an aromatic primary amine derivative, R.sub.1 represents a represents a nitrogen atom, R.sub.2 represents a substituent, if V represents ##STR2## R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 each represent substituent, provided that at least one of R.sub.2 and R.sub.

Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material comprising a support at least one photosensitive silver halide emulsion layer formed on said support, wherein said at least one photosensitive silver halide emulsion layer contains at least one cyan dye-forming coupler selected from the group consisting of compounds represented by the following general formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 represents an electron-donating group; R.sup.2 represents a hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted aliphatic group, a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic group or a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic group; R.sup.3 represents a substituent group; and n represents an integer of 0 to 2.

Abstract: An image forming method comprising imagewise exposure and color development of a multilayer silver halide color photographic material comprising a support having thereon at least one silver halide light-sensitive emulsion layer containing at least one oil-soluble coupler which is capable of forming a substantially non-diffusible cyan dye upon coupling with an oxidation product of an aromatic primary amine developing agent and which is represented by formula (I), and at least one compound selected from the group consisting of compounds represented by formula (II) or (III) followed by the processing of the multilayer silver halide color photographic material with at least one of a bleaching solution and bleach-fixing solution each having a pH of not higher than 6.3, wherein formula (I), (II) and (III) comprise ##STR1## wherein Y represents --NHCO-- or --CONH--; R.sub.

Abstract: A coupler having as a coupling-off group an alkyl group substituted with an electron source capable of stabilizing carbonium ion.

Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material comprising a support having thereon at least one silver halide red-sensitive emulsion layer containing at least one cyan coupler represented by formula (I) or (II) ##STR1## wherein Za represents ##STR2## Zb represents ##STR3## Zc represents ##STR4## Y represents a hydrogen atom or a blocking group; X represents a hydrogen atom or a group which releases upon a reaction with an oxidation product or an aromatic primary amine color developing agent; R.sub.11 represents a group which is substantially not released upon reaction with an oxidation product of an aromatic primary amine color developing agent; R.sub.12 represents a hydrogen atom or a substitutent; or R.sub.11, or R.sub.12 or X may form a dimer, oligomer or polymer.The silver halide color photographic material containing the novel cyan coupler is excellent in color reproducibility and image preservability.

Abstract: A process for forming a color image wherein a color photographic material is developed with a processing solution containing a solvent for the silver halide in the presence of an aromatic primary amino color devloping agent. The color photographic material comprises, on a support, at least one layer containing (1) a coupler capable of forming a dye by reaction with an oxidized aromatic primary amino color developing agent and having a dye covering power of at least 0.75 and (2) a silver chlorobromide emulsion or silver chlorobromide emulsion containing at least 90 molar % of silver chloride.

Abstract: There is disclosed a coupler for photography of the formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and Y each represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent; R.sub.2 represents a substituent; n represents an integer of 0 to 4, and when n is 2 or more, plural number of R.sub.2 's may be the same or different; X represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent which is eliminated by the reaction with the oxidized product of a color developing agent.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material containing a novel cyan coupler is disclosed. The cyan coupler is represented by the following Formula I: ##STR1## wherein A represents an organic group; X represents a hydrogen atom or a group capable of splitting off upon a reaction with an oxidation product of a color developing agent; Z represents the group of atoms capable of forming a five or six-membered heterocyclic ring together with carbon and nitrogen atoms; Y represents a linkage group; and R represents a hydrogen atom or an organic group.

Abstract: Photographic materials contain cyan dye forming couplers having good ethyl acetate solubility. The coupler contains a coupling off group with an asymmetric carbon atom. Manufacture of the material is simplified and in some instances the activity of the coupler is increased.

Abstract: A method of forming a color image which comprises subjecting a silver halide color reversal photographic material to imagewise exposure and then to color reversal processing, said color reversal photographic material comprising a support having provided thereon at least one red-sensitive emulsion layer, at least one green-sensitive emulsion layer and at least one blue-sensitive emulsion layer wherein the emulsion layers have an average silver iodide content of up to 5 mol %, and wherein the peak sensitivity of the red layer is in a range between 615 and 640 nm, wherein on the shorter wavelength side, 80% of the peak is in a range between 600 and 633 nm, 50% of the peak is in a range between 585 and 625 nm and 25% of the peak is in a range between 570 and 615 nm, and wherein on the longer wavelength side, 80% of the peak is in a range between 620 and 648 nm, 50% of the peak is in a range between 625 and 655 nm and 25% of the peak is in a range between 630 and 665 nm, wherein the wavelength difference between t

Abstract: There is disclosed a silver halide light-sensitive photographic material containing a novel coupler represented by the following Formula I: ##STR1## wherein R represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent; X and Y represent independently a hydrogen atom or a group capable of splitting off upon a reaction with an oxidation product of a developing agent; Z represents a benzene ring, a naphthalene ring or a the group of atoms necessary to form a 5 to 7-membered heterocyclic ring; and n represents an integer of 1 or 2.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic light sensitive material is disclosed, which is contains a novel cyan coupler excellent in spectral absorption, absorption coefficient and fastness. The cyan coupler is represented by the following Formula I; ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 each represent a substituent; R.sub.3 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group, a --COR.sub.4 group, a --COOR.sub.4 group, a ##STR2## group, an --SO.sub.2 R.sub.4 or an ##STR3## group in which R.sub.4 represents an alkyl group, an aryl group or a heterocyclic group, R.sub.5 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group; X represents a hydrogen atom or a group capable of being split off upon reaction with the oxidized product of a color developing agent; m represent an integer of from 0 to 4; and n represents an integer of from 0 to 5.

Abstract: A process for forming a color image is disclosed. In the process a photographic material which comprises a light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing a 2,5-diacylaminophenol-based cyan coupler at a ratio of over 50 mol % of the total cyan coupler is processed with a color developer containing a color developing agent represented by Formula I at a ratio of over 55 mol % of total developing agent in the color developer, ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 independently represent a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, and R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 may link together to form a ring.

Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material is disclosed, which has a silver halide emulsion layer containing a novel cyan coupler represented by the following Formula I: ##STR1## wherein B is an organic group comprising a carbon atom, nitrogen atom, oxygen atom or sulfur atom directly bonded to the imidazole ring; R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 each are a substituent; m is an integer of 0 to 4, n is an integer of 0 to 5, provided that the R.sub.1 S or R.sub.2 S each may be the same with or different from each other when m or n is 2 or more; and X is a group capable of being split off upon coupling reaction with the oxidation product of a color developing agent.

Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light sensitive material and a image forming method using the photographic material. The photographic material comprises a support having thereon a silver halide emulsion layer containing silver halide grains having a silver chloride content of not less than 90 mol %, a cyan coupler represented by the following formula C-1 and a nitrogen-containing hetero-cyclic mercapto compound. ##STR1## The photographic material is developed with a color developer substantially not containing benzyl alcohol for a time not more than 2 minutes 30 seconds. An color image having preferable light-absorption characteristics and a high maximum density is obtained. The photographic material is also excellent in storage stability.

Abstract: A photographic coupler containing an aryloxysilyl group (--X--O--Y) wherein X is substituted or unsubstituted arylene and Y is a silyl group) is useful in photographic silver halide elements and processes. Such a photographic coupler enables improved dispersibility and improved photographic properties.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material is disclosed, which contains a novel color forming coupler so that the fastness of dye image formed therein is improved against heat and light. The color forming coupler is represented by the following Formula I or II; ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2 and Y are independently a hydrogen atom or a substituent; Z is an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom, X is a hydrogen atom or a substituent capable of split off upon reaction with the oxidation product of a color developing agent.

Abstract: A novel silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material is provided having at least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer provided on a support and said photographic material contains at least one cyan dye-forming coupler represented by formula (I) ##STR1## wherein r represents a substituted or unsubstituted branched alkyl or substituted alkyl group containing 6 or more carbon atoms; X represents a hydrogen atom or a non-photographically-useful group which can be released therefrom upon coupling with an oxidized form of an aromatic primary amine developing agent; R' represents a group which can be substituted at a phenyl nucleus other than a group which can be represented by OR; and n is an integer of from 0 to 4.

Abstract: A novel cyan color-forming coupler for photographic use is disclosed. The coupler has a improved fastness for heat, humidity, and has a chemical structure represented by the following Formula I; ##STR1## wherein Z is a group of non-metal atoms necessary for completing a nitrogen-containing six-member heterocyclic ring condensed with the pyrazole ring. The six-member ring may be substituted or not substituted provided that the six-member ring does not have be condensed with any ring other than the pyrazole ring; R represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent, and X represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent capable of being split off upon reaction with the oxidized product of a color developing agent.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material is disclosed which comprises a silver halide emulsion layer containing a novel cyan dye-forming coupler. The photographic material is improved in color reproducibility of color images formed thereon. The coupler is represented by the following Formula I. ##STR1## wherein A is an organic group combined with the imidazole ring by a carbon atom, a nitrogen atom, an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom contained in these group; B is an ##STR2## a --L--R.sub.4 group or a ##STR3## in which R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 are each a hydrogen atom or a substituent, provided that R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 are allowed to bind to complete a ring; L is an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom; R.sub.

Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material containing an improved cyan dye-forming coupler is disclosed. The cyan dye-forming coupler is selected from pyrazoloazole compounds, pyrazolotriazole compounds and benzpyrazolotriazole compound represented by Formulas [I] through [VI] as disclosed in the description.

Abstract: The reduction of cyan image dye to a leuco compound in a color photographic element by ferrous ion contained in a bleach processing solution is inhibited by the presence in the element of a polymeric latex having recurring units that are derived from certain lower alkoxyacrylate monomers optionally copolymerized with recurring units derived from certain acrylic ionomers.