Abstract: Radiographic silver halide materials coated onto a support contain a portion of the developer chemistry incorporated within the radiographic film. The remainder of the developer chemistry is contained in a developer solution. Use of a reflective support permits the developed materials to be viewed without a light box.

Abstract: A semiconductor component having a semiconductor body having first and second semiconductor regions of a first conduction type, and a third semiconductor region of a second conduction type, which is complementary to the first conduction type. The second semiconductor region is arranged between the first and third semiconductor region and together with the first semiconductor region forms a first junction region and together with the third semiconductor region forms a second junction region. In the second semiconductor region the dopant concentration is lower than the dopant concentration in the first semiconductor region. The dopant concentration in the second semiconductor region along a straight connecting line between the first and third semiconductor regions is inhomogeneous and has at least one minimum between the first and second junction regions, wherein the minimum is at a distance from the first and second junction regions.

Abstract: A non-infrared sensitized low silver photographic element with a non-light sensitive layer, preferably an antihalation layer, containing a diphenylaminocyclopentene heptacyanine benzothiazolium infrared dye where the benzothiazolium groups have electron-withdrawing substituents on the phenyl ring and solubilzed alkyl groups on the nitrogen. The infrared dye can be present as a liquid-crystalline dispersion. This class of infrared dyes form J-aggregated species in a liquid-crystalline or a solid particle dispersion with high IR density and low visible absorbance.

Abstract: The invention provides a color photographic element comprising at least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer or a non silver-containing light-insensitive layer, in which at least one of these layers contains a colorless imidazole compound of formula (I) that undergoes less than 10% chemical or redox reaction with oxidized developer and which enables the photographic speed of the element to be increased by at least 0.

Abstract: A cellulose acylate film is provided that includes a cellulose acylate that satisfies the degrees of substitution below, and a hydrolysis-condensation product of a hydrolyzable and polycondensable reactive metal compound. 2.5?A+B?3.0 0?A?2.95 (In the expressions, A denotes the degree of substitution by acetyl, and B denotes the total of the degrees of substitution by acyl groups other than acetyl). There is also provided a process for producing the cellulose acylate film, the process including a step of preparing a solution that includes the cellulose acylate above, an oligomeric hydrolysis-condensation product of a hydrolyzable and polycondensable reactive metal compound, and a solvent, a step of casting the solution on a support, and a step of forming a film by removing the solvent and drying.

Abstract: The invention provides a colour photographic element comprising at least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer or a non silver-containing light-insensitive layer, in which at least one of these layers contains a colourless imidazole compound of formula (I) that undergoes less than 10% chemical or redox reaction directly with oxidized developer and which has a partition coefficient to enable the photographic speed of the element to be increased by at least 0.

Abstract: The present invention provides a phosphor screen in a Xe gas discharge device such as a plasma display device or a mercury-free flat fluorescent lamp, which phosphor having a clean surface that emit a brighter photoluminescence under the vacuum ultraviolet lights from Xe gas discharge, and which gives a wide rendering of color images on screens of PDP and LCD, and furthermore the invention provides the remarkable reduction of the production cost of PDP and Hg-free FFL.

Abstract: A photothermographic imaging material including an organic silver salt, a binder, a reducing agent, coupler and a main developing agent which forms coloring images by reacting with the coupler, those which are on a support wherein the reducing agent comprises a compound represented by the following Formula (1), the coupler is a compound represented by the following Formula (CP1) and sum of maximum density of colorant images at maximum absorption wavelength formed by the coupler and the main developing agent is 0.01 or more and 0.50 or less.

Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material containing a compound of the formula: wherein R1, R2 and R3 each represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent; R4 represents an alkyl, aryl or heterocyclic group; R1 and R2, or/and R2 and R4 may combine with each other to form a 5-membered, 6-membered or 7-membered ring; Z represents a group of non-metallic atoms that form a 5-membered, 6-membered or 7-membered ring together with the nitrogen atom and two carbon atoms in the benzene ring; R5 represents an alkyl, aryl or heterocyclic group, in which the compound of the formula contains none of a hydroxyl group, a carboxyl group and a sulfo group in each of R1, R2, R3 and R4.

Abstract: In accordance with one embodiment of the invention, a photographic element is described comprising a support bearing one or more hydrophilic colloid layers including at least one photographic silver halide emulsion layer, wherein sequestered silver ions are incorporated into at least one hydrophilic colloid layer in the form of a silver ion containing material which sequesters silver ions prior to photographic processing and releases silver ions upon exposure to photographic processing solutions. Method for preparing and processing such photographic element are also described. In accordance with particular embodiments of the invention, the silver ion containing material comprises a silver ion-exchanged zeolite material or an intercalation composition comprising a layered host material having silver ions inserted as guest ions between the layers of the host material.

Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material containing a compound of the formula: 1

Abstract: Blocked photographically useful groups decompose thermally via a Lossen rearrangement reaction, including, for example, compounds represented by the following structure: In the above structure, the substituents are as defined in the application. Such compounds have good reactivity and can by used to block photographically useful compounds such as developing agents until thermally activated under preselected conditions. Compounds according to the present invention are especially useful in color photothermographic imaging elements.

Abstract: A multilayer silver halide color photographic material, wherein when the multilayer silver halide color photographic material is development processed with a color developing solution containing a p-phenylenediamine derivative as a color developing agent, the relationship between the development proceeding velocity a of the lowermost layer of the constituting emulsion layers of the photographic material and the development proceeding velocity b of the uppermost layer satisfies the following equation (R-1): 0.65≦a/b≦2.0  (R-1) provided that the development proceeding velocity is expressed by the reciprocal of the developing time required for the density value by development to reach ½ of the maximum density.

Abstract: This invention relates to an imaging element, such as a photographic or photothermographic element comprising a silver halide emulsion layer, wherein the element also comprises a compound of Structure I: wherein the substituents are as defined in the specification.

Abstract: This invention relates to packaged photographic film that is capable of being alternately processed, according to individual consumer choice, by either (1) a traditional wet-chemistry process with a phenylenediamine-containing developer solution followed by desilvering in one or more subsequent solutions to obtain a color negative film, or (2) a thermal process involving the use of a relatively minor amount of an aqueous solution containing a liberating agent such as alkaline base to activate (unblock) a blocked phenylenediamine developing agent located within the photographic element, followed by electronic scanning of the developed film without desilvering. This invention enables a single film stock to be developed in both a conventional deep tank process and in an apparently dry process.

Abstract: This invention relates to packaged photographic film that is capable of being alternately processed, according to individual consumer choice, by either (1) a traditional wet-chemistry process with a phenylenediamine-containing developer solution followed by desilvering in one or more subsequent solutions to obtain a color negative film, or (2) a thermal process involving the use of a relatively minor amount of an aqueous solution containing a liberating agent such as alkaline base to activate (unblock) a blocked phenylenediamine developing agent located within the photographic element, followed by electronic scanning of the developed film without desilvering. This invention enables a single film stock to be developed in both a conventional deep tank process and in an apparently dry process.

Abstract: There is disclosed a polyester support, which has the dimensional change with the lapse of time after heating which corresponds to heat development, in a range of from −0.03% to +0.05% both in the longitudinal direction and the transverse direction. There is also disclosed a low-heat-shrinkage film, which has a dimensional change immediately after a heat treatment, which corresponds to a heat development, in a range of from 0% to +0.05% in both the longitudinal direction and the transverse direction. There is also disclosed a heat-development photographic light-sensitivity material, which comprises the support or the film as a support.

Abstract: A polyester film which has the in-plane rate of dimensional change of more than 0.02%, but not more than 0.05%, when the film is kept for 72 hours under the conditions of temperature 60.degree. C. and relative humidity 80%, and the average value of the in-plane rate of dimensional change of from -0.07% to 0.03% and the in-plane anisotropy of the in-plane rate of dimensional change of from 0% to 0.08%, when the film is kept for 30 minutes at a temperature of 105.degree. C. This polyester film is low in heat shrinkage and excellent in thermal dimensional stability. A heat-development, photographic light-sensitive material using the polyester film is low in heat shrinkage and excellent in thermal dimensional stability.

Abstract: When a color negative film is developed in 2 minutes or less at a temperature of less than 40.degree. C. and contains in overlying blue and green recording layer units high bromide silver halide grains containing from 1 to 10 mole percent iodide, based on silver, and in an underlying red recording layer unit high bromide silver halide grains containing less than 0.05 mole percent iodide, based on silver, and at least 1.times.10.sup.-6 mole per silver mole of a hexacoordination complex of a Group 8 metal and coordination ligands, at least four of the ligands being anionic and at least one of the ligands being more electronegative than halide ligands, loss of lower scale contrast in the red record attributable to the faster time of development is avoided.

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 silver halide photographic light-sensitive material is disclosed. The light-sensitive material comprises a transparent support having thereon a hydrophilic colloid layer comprising a silver halide emulsion layer and an electric conductive layer, in which the electric conductive layer contains colloidal particles of a kind of metal oxide and at least one layer of the hydrophilic colloid layer contains a leucocompound of a blue dye.

Abstract: Toning agents are provided for use in thermographic and photothermographic materials, either on their own or in combination with at least one other toning agent, with improved compatibility with hydrophobic media as shown by reduced crystallization and reduced diffusion through the material, which properties enabling an improved imaging performance to be achieved and in particular a more neutral image tone after storage.

Abstract: The photographic element having an antistatic layer composed of a polymer entity of (a) a water-soluble, electrically conductive polyelectrolyte, e.g., poly(sodium styrenesulfonate) homopolymer, and (b) a polymer derived from a polymerization of a monomer, such as a polyfunctional aziridine, in the presence of the polyelectrolyte. When applied to the surface of a support as a component of a coating mixture, the monomer polymerizes and entraps the polyelectrolyte molecules forming a distinct and permanent antistatic layer on the support. The electrically conductive polyelectrolyte molecules confer antistatic protection for photographic materials.

Abstract: A pyrrolotriazole azomethine dye represented by formula (I), (II) or (IV) is disclosed: ##STR1## Also, a heat transfer dye providing material is disclosed, in which the material includes a support having thereon a dye providing layer containing a heat migrating dye, with the dye providing layer containing at least one pyrrolotriazole azomethine dye represented by any of the above formulae (I), (II) and (IV).

Abstract: A photosensitive element having a photosensitive medium comprising silver halide in reactive association with an organoborate salt and wherein said medium is selected from:(a) silver halide photographic emulsions comprising a cationic dye, and(b) photothermographic media comprising in one or more layers a reducible silver source, a reducing agent for silver ion and an antifoggant.

Abstract: There is provided a silver halide photographic material which comprises silver chloride or silver chlorobromide substantially free from silver iodide. The silver halide photographic material is excellent in rapid processability, low in fogging, and high in sensitivity and contrast.

Abstract: Heat-developable photothermographic materials capable of providing stable color images of high resolution. These materials comprise a support bearing a layer of an image-forming composition comprising:(a) a photosensitive silver halide,(b) an organic silver compound,(c) a reducing agent for silver ion, and(d) a binder,The reducing agent comprises a ballasted leuco dye compound. The ballasted leuco dye compound comprises a compound of the general formula:D--BwhereinD represents the reduced chromophore of a thermally mobile dye; andB represents an organic group that reduces the thermal mobility of D in the aforementioned binder, said organic group B capable of being oxidatively cleaved. The molecular weight of B must not be so high that the resulting amount of D in the emulsion layer is insufficient to yield a dye image having a reflection optical density of at least 0.3 or a transmission optical density of at least 0.2.

Abstract: A novel pyrrolotriazole derivative is disclosed, represented by any one of formulae (I), (II), (III), (IV), or (V): ##STR1## A heat transfer dye providing material is also disclosed, comprising a support having thereon a dye providing layer containing a heat migrating dye, said dye providing layer containing at least one pyrrolotriazole azomethine dye represented by any one of formulae (I), (II), (III), or (IV).

Abstract: A method of forming a washout photographic coupler comprising a coupler moiety (COUP) containing a substituted or unsubstituted ballasted releasing group (A) selected from aryloxy, thioaryloxy, heterocyclicoxy, and thioheterocyclicoxy releasing groups having attached thereto a phenoxy timing group containing a photographically useful group (PUG), the releasing group capable of intramolecular displacement to release the timing group, the method comprising:(a) providing a coupler moiety (COUP) having the releasing group (A) in a coupling off position, the releasing group (A) having a 2 position containing a carbamyl chloride;(b) reacting the carbamyl chloride with a phenoxy timing group having an amine blocked with a carbamate group, the reacting being carried out in the presence of a base to form a first product;(c) removing the carbamate group using an acid to provide a coupler moiety (COUP) having a releasing group (A) and phenoxy timing group having an amine group; and(d) reacting the amine group to form a

Abstract: A method of preparing a washout photographic coupler comprising a coupler moiety (COUP) containing a substituted or unsubstituted ballasted releasing group (A) selected from aryloxy, thioaryloxy, heterocyclicoxy, and thioheterocyclicoxy releasing groups having attached thereto a phenoxy timing group containing a photographically useful group (PUG), the releasing group capable of elimination electron transfer to release the timing group, the method comprising:(a) providing a coupler moiety (COUP) having the releasing group (A) in a coupling off position, the releasing group (A) having on at least one of the 2- or 4-position a substituted or unsubstituted halomethyl;(b) reacting a substituted or unsubstituted hydroxyaryl aldehyde or hydroxyaryl ketone with the halomethyl group of step (a) in the presence of an alkylpyridine and a dipolar aprotic solvent to form a first product; and(c) reducing the first product and halogenating the reduced first product before reacting with a photographically useful group to fo

Abstract: Thermally imageable compositions, comprising a silver salt of an organic acid, a reducing agent, and, optionally, an activator, coated together in a suitable polymeric binder, can be rendered photoimageable by the addition of a salt of a tetrahydrocarbylborate anion.

Abstract: A novel class of N-substituted triarylmethane sulfonamides is provided which undergo reversible oxidation into colored form and reversible reduction of the oxidized form into colorless form. Preferred embodiments comprise xanthene sulfonamides having N-aryl substituents, e.g., hydroquinone substituents. These compounds possess redox potentials ranging between about +200 to -500 millivolts and thus are useful as dyes for producing photographic, photothermographic, thermal, and pressure-induced images, as well as being useful as redox indicators in a wide variety of biological and chemical reactions.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic material comprising at least one silver halide emulsion layer on a support, characterized in that there is contained a compound represented by the general formula ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 each represents a hydrogen atom, aliphatic group, aromatic group or heterocyclic group, with the proviso that R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 may be connected to each other to form a ring; L represents a divalent linking group; V represents a carbonyl group, ##STR2## group, sulfonyl group, sulfoxy group, ##STR3## group (in which R.sub.0 represents an alkoxy group or aryloxy group), iminomethylene group or thiocarbonyl group; Time represents a divalent linking group; m represents an integer 0 or 1; n represents an integer 0 or 1; PUG represents a photographically useful group; and X represents an atomic group required to form a 5- or 6-membered ring with ##STR4## wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.

Abstract: For formation of a photographic image by development of a silver halide photographic material with an automatic developing machine, a certain period of time or not longer than 15 seconds is set as the time of the development step and a silver halide photographic material is used which, when developed for a period of one-half of said certain period of time after such an exposure that the exposed silver halide photographic material, when developed for said certain period of time, would give a value of (Dmax-fog).times.1/2, gives a value of (D-fog) having 70% or more of the value of (Dmax-fog).times.1/2. The silver halide photographic material comprises at least one of a combination of (1), (2) and (3) or (2) and (4): where: (1) represents a silver halide emulsion containing a water-soluble iridium salt; (2) represents a silver halide emulsion layer with a silver amount from 1 to 3.5 grams/m.sup.2 coated on one surface of said emulsion layer; (3) represents silver halide grains wherein the mean grain size is 1.

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: A silver halide color photographic material is described, comprising a support having thereon at least one of a silver halide emulsion layer and other hydrophilic colloid layer, wherein the silver halide emulsion layer or a hydrophilic colloid layer contains at least one compound represented by formula (II): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.2 represents a hydrogen atom or a group that can be substituted, Y.sub.1 represents ##STR2## R.sub.4, R.sub.5, R.sub.6, R.sub.7 and R.sub.8, which may be the same or different, each represents a hydrogen atom or a group that can be substituted; X.sub.1 represents a divalent linking group containing a hetero atom connected to the carbon atom; m is 0 or 1; A represents a bleach accelerating agent moiety represented by ##STR3## wherein R.sub.9, L, X.sub.2 R.sub.10 B, l.sub.1 and L.sub.2 are defined in the specification.The compound represented by formula (II) is a bleach accelerating agent having an active group of adsorptive group.

Abstract: A hologram is directly recorded in a sensitized metal substrate. The hologram may be an amplitude hologram, or may be treated to produce a phase relief hologram which may be stamped into a plastic material for reproduction, be archivally stored, or used as a master for electroforming a second durable surface relief hologram for use as an embossing master. A suitable material is prepared from a polished silver plate exposed to halogen vapors. After exposure, the plate is developed and fixed, and the surface is differentially etched to form a surface relief suitable for hologram embossing. Daguerreotype processes are modified to make surface amplitude holograms and phase holograms. By etching through a metal film a semiconductor mask is obtained. By depositing a silver film directly on a wafer, masks are made with very high feature definition.

Abstract: An aggregated-Group Ib metal colloid is prepared, which may be used to form stable color-differentiated images, by the selective application of thermal energy thereto. The metal aggregates, when exposed to thermal energy, revert either to the unaggregated metal or to an aggregate of lesser dimension. This change induces a color change in the material, which is clearly visible against those areas not so exposed. The metal aggregates, when dispersed in a polymeric matrix, are stable in the absence of heat.

Abstract: In accordance with the present invention a silver halide photographic material having at least one silver halide emulsion layer on a base, which comprises at least one of compound having a dye precursor residue is disclosed. The silver halide photographic material is high in sensitivity and improved in color reproduction.

Abstract: A photothermographic element comprising:(A) a coating comprising a support bearing a photothermographic medium, the medium comprising a light sensitive silver halide in reactive association with a silver salt of an organic acid and a color generating reducing agent which is a leuco compound which is oxidizable by silver ions into a colored dye of the general formula: ##STR1## in which: n=0, 1 or 2,R.sup.1 represents H, CN, lower alkyl of 1 to 5 carbon atoms, aryl or COOR.sup.6 in which R.sup.6 is lower alkyl of 1 to 5 carbon atoms or aryl,R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 independently represent CN, NO.sub.2, COOR.sup.6, SO.sub.2 R.sup.6, CONHR.sup.6 in which R.sup.6 is as defined above or R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 together represent the necessary atoms to form a 5- or 6-membered carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring having ring atoms selected from C, N, O and S atoms, whch carbocyclic or heterocyclic rings possess at least one conjugated electron withdrawing substituent,R.sup.4 and R.sup.

Abstract: A silver halide light-sensitive material comprising a support having thereon at least one silver halide emulsion layer, and containing a compound containing a repeating unit, said compound containing a repeating unit being connected at the repeating unit to a compound represented by formula (I) at the position of the PWR or Time moiety:PWR--Time.sub.t PUG (I)wherein PWR represents a moiety capable of releasing (Time.sub.t PUG upon reduction, and PUG represents a group which can fulfil a photographically useful function after the release; Time represents a moiety capable of releasing PUG through a reaction subsequent to the release from PWR in the form of --Time.sub.t PUG; and t represents 0 or 1.

Abstract: Disclosed is a novel silver halide emulsion containing silver chloride-containing crystal grains which are cubic or rectangular parallelepiped silver halide crystals containing 30 mol % or more silver chloride on the crystal surface and surrounded mainly by (100) crystal faces, where the silver halide crystal has a projection of another crystal part formed on at least one (100) surface of the six crystal faces thereof and starting from the (100) surface has a bottom surface, the projection crystal part has substantially the same halogen composition as that of the surface of the (100) face of the original cubic or rectangular parallelepiped silver halide crystal grain, and the adjacent projection crystal parts have a groove part therebetween which is parallel to the edge part of the original silver halide crystal grain.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic material comprising a support having provided thereon at least one silver halide emulsion layer containing a compound represented by formula (I): ##STR1## wherein EAG represents an aromatic group bonding to N.sub.A and capable of accepting an electron;N.sub.A and N.sub.B each represents a nitrogen atom;R.sup.1 represents a lone pair, a .pi.-bond, a .sigma.-bond, or a substituent other than a hyudrogen atom;n represents 2 or 3;m represents 0 when n represents 2, or m represents 1 and N.sub.B has a positive charge when n represents 3;X.sup..crclbar. represents an anion;the groups or bonds represented by R.sup.1 may be combined with each other or may be combined with EAG to form a ring;R.sup.2 represents R.sup.3 --CO--, R.sup.3 --SO.sub.2 --, R.sup.3 --CO--N.dbd.CH--, or R.sup.3 --SO.sub.2 --N.dbd.CH--, wherein R.sup.3 represents an alkyl group, an aryl group, or a heterocyclic group;the group represented by R.sup.2 may be combined with at least one of R.sup.

Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material comprising (1) at least one coupler and (2) at least one compound represented by formula (I) ##STR1## wherein EAG represents a group capable of accepting an electron from a reducing substance; R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 each represents a chemical bond or a divalent substituent, or R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are linked together to form a cyclic structure when linked with (Time).sub.t PUG; or R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 each represents a substituent, or R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are linked together to form a cyclic structure when not linked with (Time).sub.t PUG; Time represents a group capable of releasing PUG, which is released by the cleavage of the single bond between the oxygen atom and the nitrogen atom in the compound; t represents 0 or 1; PUG represents a photographically useful group; and the dotted lines mean that at least one of them forms a chemical bond, and a method for forming an image using the material.

Abstract: A photothermographic element comprising a support bearing a photothermographic medium, the medium comprising a light sensitive silver halide in reactive association with a silver salt of an organic acid and a color generating reducing agent which is a leuco compound which is oxidisable by silver ions into a colored dye of the general formula: ##STR1## in which: n=0, 1 or 2,R.sup.1 represents H, CN, lower alkyl of 1 to 5 carbon atoms, aryl or COOR.sup.6 in which R.sup.6 is lower alkyl of 1 to 5 carbon atoms or aryl,R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 independently represent CN, NO.sub.2, COOR.sup.6, SO.sub.2 R.sup.6, CONHR.sup.6 in which R.sup.6 is as defined above or R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 together represent the necessary atoms to form a 5- or 6-membered carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring having ring atoms selected from C, N, O and S atoms, which carbocyclic or heterocyclic rings possess at least one conjugated electron withdrawing substituent,R.sup.4 and R.sup.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic material comprising a support having thereon at least one silver halide emulsion layer, at least one layer of the silver halide photographic material comprising at least one compound represented by formula (I):PWR--Time--.sub.t --POL (I)wherein PWR represents a group capable of releasing (Time--.sub.t POL upon reduction; Time represents a divalent organic group capable of releasing POL via a subsequent reaction after (Time--.sub.t POL is released from PWR; t is 0 or 1; and POL represents a polymer group.The compound represented by formula (I) is a useful functional polymer whose properties are drastically changed upon reduction and reveal photographically useful function.

Abstract: A method for processing a silver halide color photographic material which comprises, after color development of a silver halide color photographic material comprising a support having thereon at least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer and at least one compound capable of releasing, upon a reaction with an oxidation product of a developing agent, a compound which is capable of releasing a development inhibitor upon a reaction with another molecule of an oxidation product of a developing agent, treating said photographic material with a liquid having a fixing ability, followed by processing thereof while replenishing washing water or a stabilizing solution in an amount of from 2 to 50 times the amount carried over from the preceding bath per unit area of the silver halide color photographic material.

Abstract: Photographic silver halide emulsion element for dye image production comprising a support carrying at least one alkali-permeable silver halide hydrophilic colloid emulsion layer incorporating in operative association therewith a dye-releasing compound capable of releasing a diffusible dye moiety from a carrier moiety by a redox reaction, said compound corresponding to the general formula: ##STR1## wherein CAR is an organic carrier moiety capable of undergoing a redox reaction, L is a group cleavable or releasable from the carrier moiety by a redox reaction taking place in alkaline condiitons as a function of the development of a silver halide emulsion layer incorporating such compound, G is a bridging group, each of L.sup.1 and L.sup.2 is a linking member, PUG.sup.1 is a dye (precursor) group, PUG.sup.2 is a dye (precursor) group, an UV-absorber group, or a singlet oxygen scavenger group.

Abstract: A photographic recording material is described which comprises a leuco dye which is capable of generating a blue tone in a developed silver image.

Abstract: A novel silver halide color photographic material containing a desilvering accelerator releasing compound, which comprises at least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer on a support, wherein at least one of said emulsion layer and a non-light sensitive hydrophilic layer(s) contains at least one compound represented by the formula (I)PWR--Time--.sub.t BA (I)wherein PWR represents a group which undergoes reduction to release (Time--.sub.t BA; BA represents a group which becomes a desilvering accelerator after being released; Time represents a group which releases BA through a reaction after being released from PWR as (Time--.sub.t BA; and t represents an integer of 0 or 1.