Abstract: This invention relates to a method of making an incorporated photographic amide comprising a) continuously combining an amine capable of forming an incorporated photographic amide, an acid chloride, one or more acid-absorbing reagents, and one or more water-immiscible solvents to continuously form a reaction mixture; b) continuously reacting the amine and acid chloride to form an incorporated photographic amide; and c) separating the incorporated photographic amide from the reaction mixture.

Abstract: This invention comprises an imaging element comprising an imaging layer having associated therewith a compound of Structure I: wherein PUG is a photographically useful group; LINK 1 and LINK 2 are linking groups; TIME is a timing group; T represents t independently selected substituted or unsubstituted alkyl or aryl groups, t is 0, 1, or 2 and if t is 2, the T groups can form a ring; HET is a heterocyclic group which optionally can form a ring with a T group; R12 is hydrogen, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl or substituted or unsubstituted aryl, or R12 can form a ring with a T group or with HET; 1 is 0 or 1; m is 0, 1, or 2; and n is 0 or 1.

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 developer solution followed by desilvering in one or more subsequent solutions to obtain a color negative film, or (2) a dry thermal process without the use of aqueous solutions in which a blocked developing agent located within the photographic element is thermally activated or unblocked, optionally 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 a dry thermal process.

Abstract: Disclosed are an improved silver halide color photographic photosensitive material comprising a support having thereon a photosensitive layer containing at least one kind of photosensitive silver halide grain, a color developing agent, a coupler and a binder, and a non-photosensitive layer, wherein a one dye is contained as a dispersion of solid fine particles at least one of the layers the dye being represented by general formula (I) as follows: D−(X)y  General formula (I) wherein D represents a compound having a chromophore; X represents a dissociative proton or a group having a dissociative proton which is linked to D directly or via a divalent linking group; and y represents an integer of 1 to 7.

Abstract: A color photographic silver halide material having a support, which material comprises at last one blue-sensitive, yellow-coupling silver halide emulsion layer and at least one geen-sensitive, magenta-coupling silver halide emulsion layer and at least one red-sensitive, cyan-coupling silver halide emulsion layer, and which contains at least one masking coupler which has two chromophores which absorb in the wavelength range from 420 to 750 nm and are eliminable or decolorisable by coupling with the developer oxidation product, is distinguished by improved sensitivity associated with undiminished color purity.

Abstract: Disclosed in an image recording material comprising, on a support, a photosensitive silver halide, a reducing agent, a binder and a compound represented by the following Formula (1): wherein, in Formula (1), R1 and R2 each independently represent a substituent, R1 and R2 may be bonded to each other to form a ring, X represents a halogen atom, L represents a methylene group, m represents an integer of 0-7, Y represents a divalent bridging group, n represents 0 or 1 and Z represents a residue derived from a photographically useful compound. This image recording material exhibits high sensitivity, low fog and good storage stability, and is stable against fluctuation of development conditions.

Abstract: A method for forming a dispersion of an oil-soluble photographically useful compound in water or a hydrophilic colloid composition is disclosed, comprising dispersing the compound in the presence of a water-soluble anionic group containing polymeric surfactant, wherein the polymeric surfactant comprises a copolymer obtained from the copolymerization of a maleic anhydride monomer and a copolymerizable ethylenically unsaturated hydrophobic monomer and the anionic groups of the polymeric surfactant comprise primarily carboxy groups obtained upon base hydrolysis of the anhydride groups of the copolymer. The use of hydrolyzed maleic anhydride derived copolymers in place of conventional small-molecule surfactants as a dispersing agent to stabilize photographically active water-insoluble dye couplers or other organic oil-soluble photographically useful compounds enables a dramatic reduction of crystallization of such organic molecules on long-term keeping.

Abstract: There is disclosed a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material comprising at least one compound selected from the group consisting of the compounds represented by the following formula (1), (2) or (3): wherein R1 represents a phenyl, aromatic heterocyclic or aliphatic group, having at least one electron-withdrawing group as a substituent, PUG represents a residue of a development inhibitor, Y1 and Z1 respectively represent a substituent which is substitutable on a benzene ring, and n1 and p1 denote integers from 0 to 4, Ar represents an aryl group or an aromatic heterocyclic group, PUG represents a residue of a development inhibitor, TIME represents a timing group and t denotes 0 or 1, A represents a connecting group, m denotes an integer from 2 to 6.

Abstract: Disclosed is a silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material comprising at least one silver halide emulsion layer on a support, said at least one emulsion layer containing a magenta coupler represented by formula (M-1): where R1 represents a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, each of L1 and L2 independently represents a substituted or unsubstituted alkylene group, or a substituted or unsubstituted arylene group, and A represents a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, with the proviso that A is neither a 2-octyloxy-5-tert-octylphenyl group nor a 2-(4-methylphenoxy)ethoxy-5-tert-octylphenyl group.

Abstract: A color photographic material comprising a support, at least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer and at least one color coupler associated with said layer, characterized in that the material contains at least one compound of formula R1—SO2—NH—CO—R2  (I) wherein R1 and R2 denote organic radicals, the N atom can also be deprotonated, and compound I is substantially colorless and does not couple to form colored compounds during the processing of the material, is distinguished by its steep gradation and in that a high color density is obtained with inexpensive compounds.

Abstract: The invention provides a color photographic element that contains a coupler useful for forming a neutral silver-based image. Such couplers are particularly useful to provide an auxiliary silver-based image for optically recording a sound track in color motion picture films.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material includes a compound selected from: (1) a quaternary nitrogen or phosphorus salt compound, having 20 or more of total recurring units consisting of an ethyleneoxy group and/or a propyleneoxy group; (2) a quaternary salt compound represented by formula (A): wherein Q represents nitrogen or phosphorus, R1, R2 and R3 represent an alkyl, aryl, alkenyl, alkynyl, or heterocyclic group, L1 represents an alkylene group, Y represents —C(═O) or —SO2—, L2 represents a divalent connecting group having at least one hydrophilic group, Xn− represents an n-valent counter anion, n being an integer of 1 to 3; and (3) a quaternary salt compound represented by formula (B): wherein A represents an organic moiety necessary to complete a nitrogen-containing aromatic heterocyclic ring. L2 represents a divalent connecting group having at least one hydrophilic group that divides L2.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method of scanning silver-halide-containing color photographic and photothermographic film. In particular, the present invention comprises record shifting by means by employing at least one infrared dye in a color unit of the film, thereby forming at least one image record in the infrared. This expedient leads to the formation of high quality images, especially when scanning photothermographic elements in which the silver halide, metallic silver, and/or any organic silver salts have not been removed.

Abstract: A heterocyclic compound corresponding to formula (I) 1

Abstract: The invention relates to a photographic element comprising a light sensitive silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith one or more dye-forming couplers and a stabilizer compound of formula (I): wherein R1 and R2 are independently selected from hydrogen or an unsubstituted or substituted alkyl, aryl, alkoxy, aryloxy or amino group or may combine to complete a 5-10 membered heterocyclic ring which may contain in addition to the silicon atom one or more heteroatoms selected from nitrogen, oxygen and sulfur, which ring is unsubstituted or substituted; each Z independently represents the atoms necessary to complete a substituted or unsubstituted arene or heteroaromatic ring system; X is a single bond or a linking group having a single atom which connects the arene rings or heteroaromatic ring systems; or X forms, together with substituents ortho to X on the arene rings or heteroaromatic ring systems, a fused unsubstituted or substituted 5-, 6- or 7-membered ring, which may cont

Abstract: A colour photographic silver halide material having a support and at least one photo-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer which is associated with a cyan coupler of the formula (I): in which R1, R2, R3, Z1, Y1 and n have the meaning stated in the description, is distinguished by elevated dye stability of the dye produced from the coupler by chromogenic processing.

Abstract: A heat-developable light-sensitive material, which at least contains:

Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material has a support provided thereon a photographic constitutional layer including at least one photographic light-sensitive layer that contains a light-sensitive silver halide, an organosilver salt having a nitrogen-containing heterocycle, a compound capable of forming a dye by coupling reaction with an oxidized developing agent, and a binder,

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: A photothermographic material comprising at least (a) a photosensitive silver halide, (b) a reducible silver salt, (c) a reducing compound represented by the following formula (1) or (2), (d) a binder and (e) a coupler compound on the same side of a support: 1

Abstract: The invention provides a color photographic element suitable for forming both a colored dye image and a neutral silver-based image, comprising a support bearing at least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing a coupler capable of forming a colored dye upon development, and bearing a further light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing a coupler which is capable of releasing a thiovinyl group upon development that is capable of reacting to form a neutral silver-based image.

Abstract: A color photographic silver halide material containing gelatine, comprising a support and at least one photosensitive silver halide emulsion layer and at least one non-photosensitive layer, which material contains at least one compound of the formula (I) or (II) and is hardened with a vinylsulfonyl compound in which R1, R2, R3, m and n have the meanings stated in the description and wherein two residues R2 or R3 may in each case mean a fused carbo- or heterocyclic ring or the compound of the formula I is attached to a polymer chain via one of the residues R1, R2 or R3, in which R11, R12, R13, R14, o and p have the meanings stated in the description wherein two residues R13 or R14 may in each case mean a fused carbo- or heterocyclic ring or the compound of the formula II is attached to a polymer chain via a residue R13 or R14, is distinguished by improved storage stability.

Abstract: A silver halide color photographic lightsensitive material contains a coupler represented by formula (I) below in at least one layer on a support (in this formula, X represents a hydrogen atom or a group which can split off by a coupling reaction with an oxidized form of an aromatic primary amine color developing agent, each of R1 and R2 represents an electron-attracting group having a Hammett's substituent constant &sgr;p value of 0.20 or more, and the sum of the &sgr;p values of R1 and R2 is 0.65 or more, and each of G1 and G2 represents a nitrogen atom or a substituent). A pyrrolotriazble compound represented by formula (I) below is also provided.

Abstract: A heat-developable photosensitive material which comprises, on the same side of a support, at least (a) a photosensitive silver halide, (b) a reducible silver salt, (c) a phenol compound represented by the following general formula (1), (d) a binder, and (e) a coupler compound: wherein V1 to V8 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a functional group; L represents a bridging group consisting of —CH(V9)— or —S—; V9 represents a hydrogen atom or a functional group. The heat-developable photosensitive material causes extremely low fog and is suitable for photomechanical reproduction.

Abstract: A silver halide emulsion which comprises silver halide grains having a silver chloride content of at least 90 mole %, wherein tabular grains satisfying the following conditions (1) and (2) account for at least 70 % of the total projected area of all the silver halide grains present: (1) the grain has {111} major faces, an aspect ratio of 2 or more and a thickness of 0.

Abstract: Disclosed is a photographic element comprising a light sensitive silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith a yellow dye-forming coupler having formula I: wherein each A is independently a divalent group selected from the divalent groups consisting of aryl and —C(R1)(R2)—, in which each R1 and R2 is independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl, alkoxy, aryloxy, heterocyclic, and aryl groups, and one A can be joined to form a ring with another A or with R3, and m is from 2 to 6; R3 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl, heterocyclic, and aryl groups, provided that R3 may form a ring with A or is a group joined to R4 to form a heterocyclic five- or six-membered ring; R4 is selected from the group consisting of aryl, heterocyclic, and alkyl groups and may form a heterocyclic ring bonded to R3; Y is selected from the group consisting of —SO2—, —C(═O)—, —C(═O)NR9R10—, —C(&bo

Abstract: A colour photographic silver halide material, which has a support which comprises at least one blue-sensitive, yellow-coupling silver halide emulsion layer nearest the light source and at least one green-sensitive, magenta-coupling silver halide emulsion layer and at least one red-sensitive, cyan-coupling silver halide emulsion layer which are further from the light source than is the at least one blue-sensitive layer, and which contains at least one cyan masking coupler which has its maximum absorption above 650 mn, the red-sensitive layers have their maximum sensitivity at 620±20 nm and the absorption of the masking coupler at the maximum sensitivity of the red-sensitive layers is at most 70% of its absorption at 690 mn, is distinguished by improved colour reproduction and colour saturation in the magenta layer without loss of sensitivity.

Abstract: This invention relates to an imaging element comprising an imaging layer having associated therewith a compound of Structure I: wherein the substituents are as defined in the specification.

Abstract: A color photographic silver halide material which is developed as a negative, at least 90 mol % of the silver halides of which consist of AgCl, and which contains a compound of formula (I) or formula (II) in a light-insensitive layer which is further from the support than is each light—light sensitive layer, is distinguished by its improved color reproduction.

Abstract: The invention relates to a multilayer photographic element comprising a reflective support wherein the color record 1 adjacent to the support comprises at least one light sensitive layer and a non-light sensitive dye-forming interlayer; and wherein color record 2 above said color record 1 comprises at least one light sensitive layer and at least two non-light sensitive dye-forming interlayers and wherein color record 3 comprises at least one light sensitive layer and a non-light sensitive dye-forming interlayer; an optional UV dye containing interlayer; and top overcoat; and wherein each interlayer is substantially scavenger free, silver halide grains comprising greater than 90% silver chloride, and wherein the reciprocity characteristics of the silver halide grains are such that for a separation exposure of 1 microsecond and 0.4 sec, each color record develops to a density of at least 2.0 within a log exposure range of 1.2 or less relative to the exposure point producing a density 0.04 above Dmin.

Abstract: Disclosed is a color photographic element comprising:

Abstract: The invention relates to a multilayer photographic element comprising a reflective support wherein the color record 1 adjacent to the support comprises at least one light sensitive layer and a non-light sensitive dye-forming interlayer; and wherein color record 2 above said color record 1 comprises at least one light sensitive layer and at least two non-light sensitive dye-forming interlayers and wherein color record 3 comprises at least one light sensitive layer and a non-light sensitive dye-forming interlayer; an optional UV dye containing interlayer and a top overcoat; and wherein each interlayer is completely or substantially scavenger free, silver halide grains comprising greater than 90% silver chloride, and wherein the reciprocity characteristics of the silver halide grains are such that for a separation exposure of 1 microsecond and 0.4 sec, each color record develops to a density of at least 2.0 within a log exposure range of 1.2 or less relative to the exposure point producing a density 0.

Abstract: A heat developable color photographic light-sensitive material comprising at least one dye providing compound represented by the formula (L1) shown below and at least one developing agent represented by the formula (1) or (2) shown below: The symbols in the above formulae are defined and described in detail in the specification.

Abstract: A silver halide color light-sensitive material contains at least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer and at least one non-light-sensitive layer on a support, wherein at least one of the non-light-sensitive layers contains a silver halide emulsion having a previously fogged surface, and the non-light-sensitive layer containing the previously fogged emulsion and/or its adjacent layer contains a compound capable of releasing a photographically useful group or its precursor by a coupling reaction with the oxidized form of a developing agent, wherein the previously fogged emulsion is developed during color development to evenly form the oxidized form of a color developing agent, and the photographically useful group or its precursor is released non-imagewise by the coupling reaction.

Abstract: There is disclosed a silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material that is improved in such aspects as fastness of dye images, color reproduction, cyan stain, processing cyan color contamination, and the like, by the combination use of a phenidone compound having a specific structure as in the following general formula (VIII) and a pyrrolotriazole cyan coupler. The phenidone compound (VIII) can be produced industrially in low cost, by reacting an &agr;-alkyl or alkenyl acrylate with a compound represented by the following general formula (VII): wherein, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, and R9, each represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, or the like; R2a represents an alkyl group having 6 to 30 carbon atoms, or the like.

Abstract: The present application provides cyanine dyes of the formula (1) in which R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6 mutually independently mean H, a substituent or R5 together with R6 or R4 together with R5 mean the remaining members to complete an optionally substituted fused benzo ring or naphtho ring system, providing that at least one of the substituents R1, R2 or R3 is a benzothienyl substituent, X denotes O, S, Se, CH=CH, C(CH3)2 or NR7 (R7 =optionally substituted alkyl), S1, S2 mutually independently mean alkyl, sulfoalkyl, carboxyalkyl, —(CH2)1—SO2—Y—SO2-alkyl, —(CH2)1—SO2—Y—CO-alkyl, —(CH2)1—CO—Y—SO2-alkyl, —(CH2)1NHSO−3, —(CH2)1N(alkyl)SO−3, —(CH2)1N(aryl)SO-−3, —(CH2)1—CO—Y—CO-alkyl, providing that 1 means 1 to 6 and Y means NH or N−, n means 3, 5 or 7, L denotes substituted or unsubstituted methine groups, which may be constituents of one or mo

Abstract: A color light sensitive material can be rapidly processed and is suitable for both surface exposure and high intensity scanning exposure. The exposed light sensitive material has excellent sharpness and residual color. The silver halide color photographic light sensitive material has on a support at least one silver halide emulsion layer containing a yellow dye forming coupler, at least one silver halide emulsion layer containing a magenta dye forming coupler, and at least one silver halide emulsion layer containing a cyan dye forming coupler. The characteristic colors of yellow, magenta and cyan are obtained using exposures according to a logarithmic relationship.

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 provides a multicolor photographic element comprising a support bearing a cyan dye image-forming unit comprising at least one red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith at least one cyan dye-forming coupler, a magenta dye image-forming unit comprising at least one green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith at least one magenta dye-forming coupler, a yellow dye image-forming unit comprising at least one blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith at least one yellow dye-forming coupler, wherein at least one of said emulsion layers comprises large tabular grains having an average equivalent circular diameter of greater than 3 &mgr;m and contains a one equivalent image dye-forming coupler and a fragmentable electron donating compound of the formula: X—Y′ or a compound which contains a moiety of the formula —X—Y′; wherein X is an electron donor moiety, Y′ is a leaving proton H

Abstract: Disclosed is a silver halide color photographic photosensitive material in which the photosensitive layer of the photosensitive material comprising a silver halide emulsion, a developing agent and a coupler is put together with the processing layer of a processing material so that these layers are heated to form a color image in the photosensitive material, said silver halide grains in the photosensitive layer having a silver chloride content of 50 mol% or more, wherein (1) the silver halide grains, in which 50% or more of the exterior faces of the grain is made up of a (111) plane, account for 50% or more of the total projected area of the silver halide grains of the emulsion, and the developing agent has a specific molecular structure, or (2) the tabular silver halide grains having an aspect ratio of 2 or more, which have the exterior faces of the grain made up of a (100) plane and a plane of projection of the grain in a shape of a rectangle with a length to width ratio ranging from 1:1 to 1:2, or which hav

Abstract: Disclosed is a silver halide color photographic photosensitive material in which the photosensitive layer of the photosensitive material comprising a silver halide emulsion, a developing agent and a coupler is put together with the processing layer of a processing material so that these layers are heated to form a color image in the photosensitive material, said silver halide grains in the photosensitive layer having a silver chloride content of 50 mol % or more, wherein (1) the silver halide grains, in which 50% or more of the exterior faces of the grain is made up of a (111) plane, account for 50% or more of the total projected area of the silver halide grains of the emulsion, and the developing agent has a specific molecular structure, or (2) the tabular silver halide grains having an aspect ratio of 2 or more, which have the exterior faces of the grain made up of a (100) plane and a plane of projection of the grain in a shape of a rectangle with a length to width ratio ranging from 1:1 to 1:2, or which ha

Abstract: A multicolor photographic element comprising a support bearing a cyan dye image-forming unit comprising at least one red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith at least one cyan dye-forming coupler, a magenta dye image-forming unit comprising at least one green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith at least one magenta dye-forming coupler, a yellow dye image-forming unit comprising at least one blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith at least one yellow dye-forming coupler, wherein at least one of said emulsion layers comprises tabular grains having {111} major faces containing greater than 50 mole percent bromide, and accounting for greater than 50 percent total grain projected area precipitated in a peptizer that is a water dispersible cationic starch, and contains a fragmentable electron donating sensitizer.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material including a support and at least one light-sensitive layer formed on the support, wherein at least one of the light-sensitive layers contains at least one of the couplers represented by the following formula (I): wherein Z represents an atomic group that comprises a carbon atom and/or a nitrogen atom which, together with N—C═C, form a 5- or 6-member aromatic ring; R represents a substituent, and when there are a plurality of R, the R can be same or different, and may be coupled to each other so as to form a fused ring; m represents an integer of from 1 to 4; and X represents a carbonyl group, a methylene group, or a >C═N—Rn group wherein Rn represents a substituent The silver halide photographic light-sensitive material, which has excellent color reproducibility and sharpness and has good color image light-fastness, can be obtained by including therein a coupler which can provide a dye which has excellent hues and

Abstract: The present invention provides a photographic element comprising a support bearing a light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer in association with an image dye-forming coupler and having associated therewith a compound of general formula wherein R1 is an unsubstituted or substituted alkyl group, aryl group or 5-10 membered heterocyclic ring group containing one or more heteroatoms selected from N, O and S; each R2 is independently selected from hydrogen, halogen, and substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, aryl, alkyl- or aryl-sulfamoyl, alkyl- or aryl-sulfonamido, alkyl- or aryl-carbamoyl, alkyl- or aryl-carbonamido, alkenyloxy or 5-10 membered heterocyclic ring group containing one or more heteroatoms selected from N, O and S; each Y is independently selected from the groups consisting of —NHSO2 and —SO2NH; wherein the hydrogen therein has a pKa value of less than 9; n is an integer from 1 to 20; x is an integer from 1 to 6 and wherein the compound is ballasted.

Abstract: Disclosed is a color photographic element comprising at least one light sensitive silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith a coupler according to Formula I: COUP—(TIME)n—HSM  (I) wherein: COUP is an organic fragment which reacts with oxidized developer to release—(TIME)n—HSM, TIME is an optional timing group or linking group which connects HSM to COUP at the site of reaction with oxidized developer, n=0,1 or 2, and HSM is a compound having a minimum of three heteroatoms and having a ClogP sufficient to increase the speed of said element compared to the same element without the coupler. The invention provides improved light sensitivity without significant adverse effect on granularity or ease of manufacture.

Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material is disclosed. The light-sensitive material comprises a support having thereon a blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing a yellow dye-forming coupler represented by the following Formula I; Formula I wherein R, is an aliphatic group or an aromatic group, R2 is an anti-diffusion aliphatic group or aromatic group, R3 is a hydrogen atom or halogen atom, Z3 is >N—R2, in which R2, is a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an aryl group, a heterocyclic group, or —O—, Z4 is >N—R22 in which R22 is a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an aryl group, a heterocyclic group, or >C(R23) (R24) in which R23 and R24 are each a hydrogen atom or a substituent.

Abstract: Disclosed is a color photographic element comprising at least four imaging layers including: a first light sensitive silver halide imaging layer having associated therewith a cyan image dye-forming coupler; a second light sensitive silver halide imaging layer having associated therewith a magenta image dye-forming coupler; a third light sensitive silver halide imaging layer having associated therewith a yellow image dye-forming coupler; and a fourth light sensitive silver halide imaging layer having associated therewith a fourth image dye-forming coupler for which the normalized spectral transmission density distribution curve of the dye formed by the fourth image dye-forming coupler upon reaction with color developer has a CIELAB hue angle, hab, from 225 to 310°. The element provides improved color gamut.

Abstract: A silver halide color photographic lightsensitive material comprising a compound represented by general formula (I): COUP—A—E—B  (I) wherein COUP represents a coupler residue capable of coupling with a developing agent in an oxidized form, E represents an electrophilic moiety, A represents a single bond or a divalent connecting group which can release B while forming a 4 to 8-membered ring through an intramolecular nucleophilic substitution reaction between the electrophilic moiety E and a nitrogen atom of a coupling product that is obtained by the reaction of COUP with the developing agent in an oxidized form, wherein the nitrogen atom originates from the developing agent and directly binds to a coupling position of COUP, provided that A may be bound to COUP at the coupling position or position other than the coupling position of COUP, and B represents a photographically inert group.

Abstract: A photographic recording element is disclosed containing in at least one dye image forming layer unit (a) a radiation-sensitive silver halide grains include tabular grains (1) having {111} major faces, (2) containing greater than 50 mole percent bromide, based on silver, and (3) accounting for greater than 50 percent total grain projected area, (b) a fragmentable electron donating sensitizer, (c) a water dispersible cationic starch peptizer, and (d) a one equivalent dye image providing coupler. Increased photographic speed is realized.

Abstract: The invention relates to the preparation of photographic dispersions. The method of the invention consists in preparing a fluid dispersion of an additive in a colloid, congealing the resulting dispersion, subdividing the resulting congealed dispersion into particles, washing the resulting particles, and adding to them a solution of biocide. A dispersion is thus obtained that is protected against the proliferation of micro-organisms during storage.