Abstract: A color photographic material is disclosed comprising a black image forming coupler substituted in the 2, 4 and/or 6 position shown by formula (I) or formula (II), where in LINK represents a divalent linking group, BALL represents a group that prevents the coupler from diffusing away from the layer containing it. X and Y each represent a hydrogen atom or a coupling-off group capable of being released upon an oxidative coupling reaction with a developing agent. The material has a good color reproduction and excellent light stability.

Abstract: An aqueous developable photographic element for forming neutral images comprising balanced cyan, magenta, and yellow heat-diffusible-dye-forming couplers in one or more image forming layers, and further comprising sensitized silver halide, a thermal solvent for nonaqueous, thermal dye-diffusion transfer, and hydrophilic binder, each independently in one or more image forming layers, an integral receiver layer for dye mordanting during nonaqueous, thermal dye-diffusion transfer, and one and only one dimensionally stable support, where said receiver layer is intermediate said support and image forming layers, and wherein said receiver layer and said support may be mechanically separated from said image forming layers by opposing forces is disclosed. Processes for forming a neutral photographic image using such elements and using elements that are similar, but lacking an integral receiving layer, are also disclosed.

Abstract: The invention is generally accomplished by providing a photographic element and a process of its formation wherein a gelatin silver halide emulsion is provided with a thickener comprising a copolymer of the structure whereinA comprises about 10 to about 20 parts by weight of said copolymer, andB comprises about 80 to about 90 parts by weight of said copolymer.It is particularly preferred that the copolymer be provided in a hardener layer to minimize the amount of gelatin needed and thus reduce the reaction of hardener with gelatin. The invention finds a preferred use in curtain coating wherein there is a greater need for high viscosity materials, particularly at the bottom of a group of layers in order to minimize distortions of the layers as they are applied in the curtain coating process.

Abstract: A radiographic element is disclosed containing in a high bromide tabular grain emulsion layer a 5-mercaptotetrazole to increase covering power. The 5-mercaptotetrazole is additionally capable of increasing imaging speed and producing colder image tones when provided with a phenyl substituent in the 1 ring position, which phenyl substituent is in turn substituted in its para position with a substituent satisfying the formula R(OCH.sub.2 CH.sub.2).sub.n O-- wherein n is an integer of from zero to 5; when n is 1 to 5, R is hydrogen, methyl or ethyl; and, when n is zero, R is methyl.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic light sensitive material is disclosed, comprising a support having thereon a silver halide emulsion layer, wherein the silver halide emulsion layer contains tabular silver halide grains having an average iodide content of 1.

Abstract: A color photographic element which comprises a light sensitive silver halide emulsion layer and a non-light sensitive interlayer containing a ballasted 5-carbamoyl-1,3-dihydroxybenzene compound. The element exhibits an improved ability to prevent oxidized developer from diffusing away from the imaging layer in which it formed and into other color records where it can form the wrong color dye.

Abstract: A heat developable color light-sensitive material provided on a support, which is for use in an image forming process comprising using a dye fixing element provided on a support separate from the support for the light-sensitive material, superposing one on another, heat developing to form a diffusible dye in the light sensitive material, and transferring the diffusible dye to the dye fixing element to form an image, is disclosed.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic material is provided which exhibits nearly equal sensitivities and gamma values with respect to yellow, magenta and cyan to form a black-and-white image of neutral black or sepia tone, even when it is processed with a color developer free from benzyl alcohol.The silver halide photographic material is made up of a substrate and at least one silver halide emulsion layer formed on the substrate. The silver chloride content of silver halide grains constituting the silver halide emulsion layer is 95 mole % or above, the silver halide emulsion is spectrally sensitized by a specific sensitizing dye, and the silver halide emulsion layer contains a yellow coupler, a magenta coupler and a cyan coupler. The image-forming process is characterized by developing the silver halide photographic material with a color developer substantially free from benzyl alcohol.

Abstract: The invention relates to a photographic element comprising a Formula I class yellow coupler comprising ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 represents a substituent;X is hydrogen or a coupling-off group;Y represents an aryl group or a heterocyclic group;a Formula II class cyan coupler comprising ##STR2## wherein R.sub.2 represents a substituent;R.sub.3 represents a substituent;X represents a hydrogen or a coupling-off group;m is from 1-3; anda Formula III class magenta coupler comprising ##STR3## wherein R.sub.4 is a substituent;R.sub.5 is a substituent;X is hydrogen or a coupling-off group;and which provides a relative fixed upper scale contrast between 1.1 and 1.8.An alternative form of the invention relates to a photographic element comprising a Formula I class yellow coupler comprising ##STR4## wherein R.sub.1 represents a substituent;X is hydrogen or a coupling-off group;Y represents an aryl group or a heterocyclic group;a Formula IV class cyan coupler comprising ##STR5## wherein R.sub.

Abstract: The invention relates to a photographic element comprising a Formula I class yellow coupler comprising ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 represents a substituent;X is hydrogen or a coupling-off group;Y represents an aryl group or a heterocyclic group;a Formula II class cyan coupler comprising ##STR2## wherein R.sub.2 represents a substituent;R.sub.3 represents a substituent;X represents a hydrogen or a coupling-off group;m is from 1-3; anda Formula III class magenta coupler comprising ##STR3## wherein R.sub.4 is a substituent;R.sub.5 is a substituent;X is hydrogen or a coupling-off group;and which provides a relative fixed upper scale contrast between 1.1 and 1.8.An alternative form of the invention relates to a photographic element comprising a Formula I class yellow coupler comprising ##STR4## wherein R.sub.1 represents a substituent;X is hydrogen or a coupling-off group;Y represents an aryl group or a heterocyclic group;a Formula IV class cyan coupler comprising ##STR5## wherein R.sub.

Abstract: The invention relates to providing a method of toning a black-and-white image formed with color couplers comprising providing a developed image, applying a hue changing material to said print wherein the hue of at least dye in said print is changed.

Abstract: The invention is accomplished by forming balanced cyan, magenta, and yellow coupler and emulsion mixes. There is at least one layer in which silver halide emulsion has been sensitized to blue light or silver halide emulsion sensitive to green light. Regardless of the color sensitivity of the silver halide layer that contains silver contains a mix of cyan, magenta, and yellow dye-forming couplers. Further, in order to have a black-and-white image that has a lightness such as observed by the human eye in a scene, it is preferred that the ratios of red sensitive emulsion to green sensitive emulsion to blue sensitive emulsion in the photographic element is about 2:3:1.

Abstract: The invention is accomplished by forming balanced cyan, magenta, and yellow coupler and emulsion mixes. There is at least one layer in which silver halide emulsion has been sensitized to blue light or silver halide emulsion sensitive to green light. Regardless of the color sensitivity of the silver halide layer that contains silver contains a mix of cyan, magenta, and yellow dye-forming couplers. Further, in order to have a black-and-white image that has a lightness such as observed by the human eye in a scene, it is preferred that the ratios of red sensitive emulsion to green sensitive emulsion to blue sensitive emulsion in the photographic element is about 2:3:1.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material forming a black and white image is disclosed. The silver halide in the silver halide emulsion layer is silver chlorobromide having a silver chloride content of not less than 90 mol % and containing virtually no silver iodide; the emulsion layer contains a coupler selected from resorcinol-based dye-forming couplers and aminophenol-based dye-forming couplers, and gelatin in a coating weight of 1.0 to 1.5 g/m.sup.2. The silver halide photographic light-sensitive material is processed by color development to form a black and white image.

Abstract: Monocyclic and polycyclic azoles having the following formula modify the tone of a silver image formed from a fine grain radiation sensitive silver chlorobromide emulsion layer in which the silver chlorobromide grains have a mean equivalent circular diameter of less than 0.3 .mu.m. The azoles have the formula: ##STR1## wherein Z is --N.dbd. or --C(R.sup.5).dbd. where R.sup.5 is hydrogen, --NH.sub.2, aliphatic of 1 to 8 carbon atoms or aromatic of 1 to 8 carbon atoms;R.sup.4 is hydrogen, aliphatic of 1 to 8 carbon atoms or aromatic of 1 to 8 carbon atoms;R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 together complete a 5 or 6 membered heterocyclic nucleus containing 1 to 3 ring nitrogen atoms;L is a divalent aliphatic linking group containing 1 to 8 carbon atoms;T is an aliphatic terminal group containing 1 to 8 carbon atoms;m is 0 or 1;n is an integer of 1 to 4; andp is an integer of 2 to 4.

Abstract: Monocyclic and polycyclic azoles having the following formula modify the tone of a silver image formed from a fine grain radiation sensitive silver bromide or silver bromoiodide emulsion layer in which the silver bromide or silver bromoiodide grains have a mean equivalent circular diameter of less than 0.3 .mu.m. The azoles have the formula: ##STR1## wherein Z is --N.dbd. or --C(R.sup.5).dbd. where R.sup.5 is hydrogen, --NH.sub.2, aliphatic of 1 to 8 carbon atoms or aromatic of 1 to 8 carbon atoms;R.sup.4 is hydrogen, aliphatic of 1 to 8 carbon atoms or aromatic of 1 to 8 carbon atoms;R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 together complete a 5 or 6 membered heterocyclic nucleus containing 1 to 3 ring nitrogen atoms;L is a divalent aliphatic linking group containing 1 to 8 carbon atoms;T is an aliphatic terminal group containing 1 to 10 carbon atoms;m is 0 or 1;n is an integer of 1 to 4; andp is an integer of 2 to 4.

Abstract: Certain fluoran dyes have been found to be effective reducing agents for silver ion in dry silver constructions. The fluoran dyes have the following structure: ##STR1## wherein: R.sup.1 represents methyl or n-butyl;R.sup.2 represents n-butyl or cyclohexyl;R.sup.3 represents hydrogen, methyl, or methoxy; andR.sup.4 represents ##STR2## where X represents halogen (preferably chlorine); and a binder.

Abstract: Photographically produced black and white images (silver images) are stabilized against subsequent destruction of the image silver, in particular due to discoloration, by treating the finished silver image with an aqueous after treatment bath containing aminotetrazole or a mercaptotetrahydrotriazine.

Abstract: A photographic matte for use in traveling matte photography is formed by recording a separation of a first screen-color separation of an image on a first film layer and recording a separation of a different second color on a second layer. Preferably, the second color is complementary to the screen color. One layer is developed to form a positive image and the other to form a negative image, these images reinforcing each other. One image is formed by black dye, using a coupler and a color developer and the other is formed by a black dye destruct technique in which the developed portion of the silver halide emulsion is removed. According to another aspect of the invention, a matte of increased density can be formed without commensurate image growth by combining a black dye image with a silver image.

Abstract: Process for the production of a photographic black dye image which comprises(a) imagewise exposing photographic silver halide material comprising at least one silver halide emulsion layer coated on a support, there being present in the silver halide emulsion layer(s) or in a layer in operative contact with at least one silver halide emulsion layer a resorcinol compound of the formula ##STR1## where each of W, Y and Z is hydrogen, chlorine or bromine, a nitrogen-linked heterocycle, --SR.sub.1 where R.sub.1 is alkyl, aryl or a heterocycle or W, Y or Z is acylamino or --R.sub.3 where --R.sub.3 is alkyl, cycloalkyl or aralkyl or Z alone is --CO--R.sub.1 where R.sub.1 is as just defined but at least one of W, Y and Z must be --R.sub.3, and X which is the coupling position is hydrogen, chlorine or bromine, a nitrogen-linked heterocycle or --SR.sub.

Abstract: Method of treating a dye image in photographic material which dye image has been formed by the color coupling reaction of a primary aromatic amine color developing agent with a phenolic color coupler of the formula ##STR1## where T is hydroxy or amino, one of R.sub.1 and R.sub.3 is the coupling position and if it is the coupling position the substituent group is hydrogen or halogen, a nitrogen-linked heterocycle or a mercapto group, the other of R.sub.1 and R.sub.3 and R.sub.2 and R.sub.4 are each hydrogen or halogen or optionally substituted organic groups, or one or R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 together or R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 together may represent the atoms necessary to complete a benzannelated ring, which treatment method comprises treating the dye image with an aqueous solution which comprises a salt of a transition (b-sub group) metal, the concentration of the metal ion in the aqueous solution being at least 10.sup.-4 M.

Abstract: A black and white photographic material is disclosed. The material contains a black image-forming coupler shown by formula (I) or (II) ##STR1## wherein R represents ##STR2## Y.sub.1 represents a group which prevents the coupler from diffusing away from the layer containing it. Examples of such groups include an aliphatic group, an aryl group, an aralkyl group, or a heterocyclic group. X.sub.1 and X.sub.2 each represents a hydrogen atom or a coupling-off group capable of being released upon oxidative coupling reaction with a developing agent. The material is capable of producing an excellent black image by development after image exposure. In the photographic material, the amount of silver can be effectively reduced and the photographic material give black images even after bleaching the black image formed.

Abstract: Photographic silver halide material which comprises at least one silver halide emulsion layer coated on a support, there being present in the silver halide emulsion layer(s), or in a layer in operative contact with at least one silver halide emulsion layer, a compound of the formula ##STR1## wherein W is hydrogen, alkyl, --NHCOR.sup.1 or --COR.sup.1, wherein R.sup.1 is alkyl or alkenyl, cycloalkyl, aralkyl, aryl, phenoxymethylamino or halogen; X is a substituent in the coupling position and is a leaving group selected from hydrogen, chlorine, bromine, --SR.sup.11 wherein R.sup.11 is alkyl, aryl or a heterocyclic group, or X is a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic residue attached at a ring nitrogen atom; Y is a group having the formula ##STR2## wherein Q is selected from the residues: (a) --COOR.sup.4 or --CONR.sup.4 R.sup.5 where R.sup.4 is hydrogen, alkyl optionally interrupted by 1 or more oxygen atoms, alkenyl, cycloalkyl, aralkyl or aryl, and R.sup.5 is hydrogen or alkyl or R.sup.4 and R.sup.

Abstract: A photographic silver halide material is disclosed which contains a precursor of photographic chemicals.

Abstract: A method is described for forming a black-and-white photographic image consisting essentially of a silver image and a coextensive dye image, in which the maximum density of the image and the fastness of the image to light are greatly improved, by processing a silver halide photosensitive material which contains silver halide in a reduced amount (compared with conventional materials) that has been imagewise exposed to light in the presence of a naphthalene compound containing at least two hydroxy substituents groups on the nucleus thereof and a p-phenylenediamine type developing agent or a precursor of the p-phenylenediamine compound.

Abstract: A process for forming photographic images comprising a silver image and a dye image, which comprises development processing an imagewise exposed silver halide photographic light-sensitive material in the presence of a carboxy- and sulfo-free naphthalene compound wherein at least two hydrogen atoms in the naphthalene nucleus are substituted at specific positions thereof as indicated in formula (I) below, and a 3-pyrazolidone compound.