Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material having excellent color reproducibility and image storage stability, which comprises a support having thereon at least one silver halide photographic emulsion layer containing an emulsified dispersion of oleophilic fine particles obtained by dispersing a mixture solution containing at least one cyan coupler represented by formulae (I) or (II) and at least one water-insoluble and organic solvent-soluble polymer; ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, and R.sub.4 each represents hydrogen, an aliphatic group, an aromatic group, a heterocyclic group, an aromatic amino group, a heterocyclic amino group, an aliphatic amino group, an acylamino group, a sulfonamido group, a carbamoyl group, a sulfamoyl group, a ureido group, an aliphatic oxycarbonyl group, an aromatic oxycarbonyl group, an aliphatic oxycarbonylamino group, an aromatic oxycarbonylamino group, a carboxy group, or a cyano group; and X.sub.1 and X.sub.

Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material comprises a support having thereon at least one silver halide emulsion layer and at least one cyan coupler which can release a water-soluble compound residual group which contains a 2-acyaminophenylazo group or 2-sulfonamidophenylazo group via a coupling reaction with an oxidation product of a primary aromatic amine developing agent.

Abstract: A silver halide color photographic photosensitive material which has at least one silver halide emulsion layer on a support, wherein at least one type of cyan coupler which is represented by general formula (A) indicated below is included in at least one layer, a high boiling point organic solvent is present in the layer which contains the coupler in a weight ratio with respect to the coupler in the layer of not more than 0.3, and an ultraviolet absorber is included in the layer at a rate of at least 0.05 in terms of the ratio by weight with respect to the cyan coupler: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, T, and l' are as defined in the specification.

Abstract: Color photographic recording material containing as cyan correction dyes, azomethine dyes corresponding to the general formula IV or V ##STR1## is distinguished from materials containing the cyan correction dyes hitherto used by its increased stability of latent image nuclei when stored under tropical conditions (35.degree. C. at 90% relative humidity).In formulae IV and V,R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 denote H, optionally substitued C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl, C.sub.6 -C.sub.10 -aryl and C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 -alkoxy,R.sub.3 denotes H, optionally substituted C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl, C.sub.6 -C.sub.10 -aryl and C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 -alkoxy nd halogen,R.sub.4 denotes H, optionally substituted C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl and C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 -alkoxy, CN, halogen, SO.sub.2 R.sub.7, COOR.sub.7, SO.sub.2 OR.sub.7, COR.sub.7, SO.sub.2 NR.sub.7 R.sub.8 and CONR.sub.7 R.sub.8,R.sub.5 denotes NHCOR.sub.9, NHCOOR.sub.9, NHSO.sub.2 R.sub.9 and NHPO(R.sub.9).sub.2,R.sub.6 denotes CON(R.sub.9).sub.2, NHCOR.sub.9, NHCOOR.sub.9, NHSO.sub.2 R.sub.

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: There is disclosed a light-sensitive silver halide photographic material which comprises containing a compound having ##STR1## group at 4-position of a pyrazole ring, and having a residue of non-diffusion type coupler through an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom or an imino group at the 5-position of the same, wherein A represents a residue of 1-phenyl-3-pyrazolidone derivatives and p is 0 or 1.

Abstract: There is disclosed a silver halide color photographic material having a silver halide emulsion layer on a base which comprises a novel cyan coupler. According to the disclosure, a silver halide color photographic material containing a cyan coupler that has high coupling reactivity and high color density, resulting color image being hardly susceptible to reduction fading and is excellent in heat fast can be obtained.

Abstract: This invention describes a process of coprecipitating a photographic material such as a dye-forming coupler inside a base ionizable polymeric particle. Preparation of such a dispersion is performed by providing a first flow comprising a solution of a surfactant in water containing a polymer ionizable by base, providing a second flow comprising a water miscible solvent, base, water, and the photographic material, then mixing the said first and said second flow and immediately neutralizing the mixed flow to precipitate the photographic material inside the polymer particles forming a fine particle colloidal dispersion of the photographic material. The polymer dispersions of the invention are characterized by high photographic activity and high dye-stability in some cases.

Abstract: A color photographic light-sensitive material comprising a support having provided thereon a silver halide emulsion layer containing at least one each of cyan color image forming couplers represented by the following general formulae (I) and (II): ##STR1## and at least one compound represented by the formulae (III) or (IV): ##STR2## wherein all the symbols are defined in the specification.

Abstract: There is disclosed a silver halide color photographic material having at least one silver halide emulsion layer on a base, which comprises in the silver halide emulsion layer a silver halide grains of high silver-chloride and an emulsified dispersion containing lipophilic fine particles that have a limited average particle diameter and include a cyan coupler represented by formula (I), a high-boiling organic solvent having a limited viscosity, and a diffusion-resistant compound represented by formula (II) or (III), and a method for forming an image by developing the said silver halide color photographic material. The disclosure as described provides a color photographic material and a method for forming an image being excellent in image quality and preservation property of cyano color image.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material is disclosed, which is improved in stability of cyan dye image formed therein. The light-sensitive material comprises a support having thereon a silver halide emulsion layer containing oleophilic dispersed particles. The particles comprises a cyan coupler represented by the following Formula I, an organic solvent selected from phthalic esters having a dielectrical constant of not more than 6.0 and a polymer compounds which is insoluble in water and soluble in a organic solvent: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is a ballast group, R.sub.2 is an alkyl group having 2 or more carbon atoms and Z.sub.1 is a hydrogen atom or a substituent capable of splitting off upon reaction with the oxidation product of a color developing agent.

Abstract: Colored cyan couplers corresponding to formula II are eminently suitable for masking the yellow secondary density of cyan dyes. The reproduction of blues and yellows is thus improved. The colored cyan couplers of formula II are preferably used together with phenolic cyan couplers bearing a phenylureido group in the 2-position and an acylamino group with a ballast group in the 5-position ##STR1## In formula II: CC represents a cyan coupler group to the coupling position of which L is attached;L is a bifunctional connecting group;Q.sup.1, Q.sup.2 represent H or photographially inert substituents;R represents a coupling component such that the compound of formula II is a yellow dye. ##STR2## in which R.sup.3 is alkyl, aryl, carboxyl, carbamoyl, acylamino, anilino;R.sup.4 is H, alkyl, aryl, a heterocyclic group;R.sup.5, R.sup.6 (same or different) represent -CO-alkyl, -CO-aryl, -CO-alkoxy, carbamoyl, -CN;represents O, S, NH;Z is the group required to complete a 5- or 6-membered carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring.

Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material comprising a support having thereon at least one silver halide emulsion layer, wherein the silver halide color photographic material contains a compound represented by the following general formula (I):A--(L).sub.l --B (I)wherein A represents a group whose bond to (L).sub.l --B is capable of being cleaved upon reaction with an oxidation product of a developing agent; L represents a group whose bond to B is capable of being cleaved after being cleaved from A; B represents a 5-membered, 6-membered or 7-membered nitrogen-containing unsaturated heterocyclic group which has 2 to 6 carbon atoms, which is connected to A-(L).sub.l at the nitrogen atom, and which has a sulfonamido group and a development inhibitor group or a precursor thereof on the ring carbon atoms; l represents an integer of 0 to 2, and when l represents 2, the two L's may be the same or different. The silver halide color photographic material has excellent sharpness and color reproducibility.

Abstract: The invention discloses an improved method for processing a silver halide color photographic material wherein said material is imagewise exposed and then processed. The improvement comprises the use of a particular naphthol amido coupler together with a bleaching bath containing (diaminopropanetetraacetatoiron) (III) complex salt at a particular pH.

Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material is disclosed having blue-sensitive, green-sensitive, and red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layers on a support, wherein said red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer contains a dispersion of fine oleophilic grains formed by dispersing by emulsification a mixture comprising a water-insoluble and organic solvent-soluble homopolymer or copolymer and at least one coupler represented by formula (I) or formula (II), and the silver halide emulsion layer or non-light-sensitive layer of the material contains a dye represented by formula (III);wherein formula (I) is represented by ##STR1## wherein R.sub.11 represents an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an aryl group or a heterocyclic group; R.sub.12 represents an acylamino group or an alkyl group; R.sub.13 represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an alkyl group or an alkoxy group, or R.sub.12 and R.sub.13 are bonded together to form a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic ring; Z.sub.

Abstract: Disclosed is a silver halide color photographic material comprising a silver halide emulsion layer on a support, wherein said layer contains a dispersion of fine oleophilic grains, which grains contain at least one nondiffusible oil-soluble cyan coupler capable of forming a substantially nondiffusible dye by coupling with the oxidation product of an aromatic primary amine developing agent and at least one coupler solvent which is immiscible with water and has no aromatic group in the molecule and which has a melting point of 100.degree. C. or lower and has a boiling point or decomposition point of 140.degree. C. or higher. As the characteristic feature of the invention, the dispersion of said fine oleophilic grains is formed by emulsifying and dispersing a mixture solution comprising at least one of the coupler, at least one of the coupler solvent and at least one water-insoluble and organic solvent-soluble homopolymer or copolymer.

Abstract: Disclosed is a silver halide color photographic material comprising a support having thereon at least one silver halide emulsion layer containing a cyan dye forming coupler and a polymer latex, the polymer latex is derived from a monomer represented by the following general formula (A): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms; L.sub.1 represents --CONH-- or ##STR2## p represents an integer of from 1 to 4; and q represents an integer of from 1 to 30.The silver halide color photographic material provides a cyan color image without accompanying decrease in color density even when it is processed with an exhausted bleaching or bleach-fixing solution or a bleach or bleach-fixing solution having an weak oxidizing power. Further, the cyan color image is prevented from the occurrence of stain due to irradiation to light for a long period of time after processing.

Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material comprising a support having thereon a cyan coupler-containing layer, a magenta coupler-containing layer and a yellow coupler-containing layer, wherein the cyan coupler-containing layer contains a dispersion of oleophilic fine particles which is obtained by emulsifying or dispersing a solution containing (a) at least one cyan coupler represented by the general formula (I) and/or (II) described below, (b) at least one compound represented by the general formula (III) described below and (c) at least one water-insoluble and organic solvent-soluble homopolymer or copolymer, ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2, and R.sub.4 each represents a substituted or unsubstituted aliphatic group, a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic group or a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic group, R.sub.3, R.sub.5 and R.sub.6 each represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an aliphatic group, an aromatic group or an acylamino group, and R.sub.

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 silver halide photographic light-sensitive material comprising at least one type of cyan dye-forming coupler represented by formula (I) below and at least one type of difficulty water-soluble epoxy represented by formula (II) below: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 represents an alkyl group having at least 7 carbon atoms, R.sub.2 represents an alkyl group with 2 to 15 carbon atoms, L represents a simple linkage or a bivalent linking group, Z represents a hydrogen atom, or a group or atom which can be released at the time of the coupling with the developing agent, R.sub.3, R.sub.4, R.sub.5 and R.sub.6 each represents a hydrogen atom, an aliphatic group, an aliphatic oxycarbonyl group, an aromatic oxycarbonyl group or a carbamoyl group, provided that R.sub.3, R.sub.4, R.sub.5 and R.sub.6 are not all hydrogen atoms, and the total number of carbon atoms thereof is from 8 to 60, and in formula (II), a 5- to 7-membered ring may be formed with R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 or R.sub.3 and R.sub.5, respectively.

Abstract: Color photographic motion picture elements adapted to form a multicolor photographic dye image and an integral, infrared-absorbing, dye sound track and comprising 1-hydroxy-2-N-(5-alkyl-thiazol-2-yl)-naphthamide couplers that are capable of forming quinone imine dyes absorbing infrared radiation in the spectral range from about 600 to about 1000 nm by reaction with an oxidized aromatic primary amino developing agent, the thiazol-2- yl group of said naphthamide couplers bearing a 4-para-C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxyphenyl group or a 4-para-C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkylphenyl group, the hydrogen atoms of said C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxy or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl being unsubstituted or at least one of them having been substituted by a halogen atom.

Abstract: In a color print containing cyan, magenta and yellow colored dyes, the color print where the spectral absorption peak wave lengths of the respective colored dyes lie in the range represented by the following formula:1/2(.lambda.y+.lambda.c).gtoreq..lambda.m.gtoreq.1/2(.lambda.y+.lambda.c)-1 0.lambda.c=Spectral absorption peak wave length (nm) of the colored cyan dye.lambda.m=Spectral absorption peak wave length (nm) of the colored magenta dye.lambda.y=Spectral absorption peak wave length (nm) of the colored yellow dyeIn the color print, improvement of the color reproduction and improvement of the observation light source dependency, which hitherto tend to conflict with each other, can be attained at the same time.

Abstract: Photographic compound (A) capable of releasing a photographically useful group is represented by the formula: SOL-CAR-LINK-PUG wherein SOL is a water-solubilizing group; CAR is a carrier moiety that, upon reaction with oxidized developing agent, is capable of releasing LINK-PUG and capable of forming a compound that is washed out of the photographic element during photographic processing; LINK-PUG is in turn capable of releasing a photographically useful group (PUG) during photographic processing and LINK-PUG is represented by the formula: ##STR1## wherein X, R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, R.sub.4 and PUG are as defined in the application. The photographic compound (A) enables formation of easily removable compounds in photographic elements and processes that provide images having improved acutance.

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: Photographic compound (A) capable of releasing a development inhibitor group by means of a displacement reaction enables increased image acutance when the compound contains in a coupling position a coupling-off group represented by the formula: ##STR1## wherein X, R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, R.sub.4, and Q are as defined in the application. Such a compound (A) is useful in a photographic silver halide material and process.

Abstract: A color photographic material with good photographic performance, such as sharpness, speed and granularity, contains a development inhibitor releasing compound having the structure: ##STR1## wherein: CAR is a carrier moiety;TIME is a timing group; andINH is a development inhibitor moiety,in association with a cyan dye-forming coupler having the structure: ##STR2## wherein: R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, Q, Z, Y, m, and n are as defined in the specification.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic material that has at least one silver halide emulsion layer containing a phenolic cyan coupler of the general formula (I) and an amine of the general formula (II). The maximum absorption of the dye formed in sufficiently shifted to a longer wavelength range of the spectrum to achieve satisfactory color reproduction. The dye image produced has a high maximum density and improved keeping quality.

Abstract: Silver halide photographic materials are disclosed, comprising a support carrying at elast one hydrophilic organic colloid layer in which at least one photographically useful reagent is dispersed with at least one of ethylenic addition polymerized polymer which contains at least 50% by weight of trifluorochloroethylene units.

Abstract: The invention provides stable dispersions of couplers and methods of their formation. The stable dispersions are formed by the use of a nonionic water soluble polymer in combination with an anionic surfactant having a sulfate or sulfonate head group and a hydrophobic group of 8 to 20 carbons. The preferred nonionic water soluble polymers are polyethyleneoxide and polyvinylpyrrolidene.

Abstract: A color photographic recording material comprising at least one silver halide emulsion layer and a naphtholic cyan coupler corresponding to formula I ##STR1## in which Q is a 5-, 6- or 7-membered heterocyclic radical;S is a substituent which, in the 6-position of the naphthol ring, can form a fused heterocyclic ring with Y;l is 0, 1, 2 or 3;X represents H or a group releasable during color coupling which is capable of forming a fused heterocyclic ring with Y;Y represents --Z--R.sup.1 or --NH--R.sup.2 ;Z represents --O--, --S(O).sub.m -- or --SO.sub.2 --NH--;m is 0, 1 or 2;R.sup.1 represents H, CF.sub.3, alkyl, aryl or a heterocyclic radical;R.sup.

Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material comprising a support having thereon at least one red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, at least one green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer and at least one blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, where the red-sensitive halide emulsion layer contains a dispersion of oleophilic fine particles which is obtained by emulsifying or dispersing a solution containing at least one cyan coupler represented by the general formula (I) and at least one water-insoluble and organic solvent-soluble homopolymer or copolymer, the green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer contains at least one magenta coupler represented the general formula (II) or (III), the blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer contains at least one yellow coupler represented by the general formula (IV), and the silver halide color photographic material contains at least one compound represented by the general formula (B): ##STR1## Moieties are defined in the specification.

Abstract: A photographic rocording material is disclosed which contains a phenolic cyan dye-forming coupler which has a sulfone or a modified sulfone group in the 5- position ballast moiety and a substituted acylamino group in the 2- position of the phenolic ring.

Abstract: The present inventioin calls for a silver halide color photographic material comprising a support having thereon at least one silver halide photographic emulsion layer containing a dispersion of oleophilic fine particles containing at least one diffusion resistant oil-soluble coupler which forms a substantially nondiffusible dye upon coupling with an oxidation product of an aromatic primary amine developing agent and at least one water-immiscible coupler solvent having a melting point of not more than 100.degree. C. and a boiling point of not less than 140.degree. C.

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: Color photographic elements comprise a support, a silver halide emulsion layer and a polymeric dye-forming coupler comprising a polyester condensation polymer having a pendant coupler moiety in which the coupler is joined via its coupling position.

Abstract: Tetrahydroquinoline rings fused to a phenolic ring form novel cyan due-forming coupler compounds which produce dyes having improved resistance to ferrous ion reduction.Photographic recording materials containing such coupler compounds are also disclosed.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material containing a novel magenta dye-forming coupler. The coupler is represented by the following Formula I: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is a hydrogen atom or a substituent; R.sub.2 is a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic group or a substituted or unsubstituted amino group; provided, R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are allowed to bond together so as to complete a ring; Z is a hydrogen atom or a group capable of being split off upon coupling reaction with the oxidized product of a an aromatic primary amine developing agent; and EWG is an electron attractive group having a Hammet's .sigma. p value of more than 0.3. The photographic material has excellent color reproducibility and improved in color forming efficiency and graininess of images.

Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material is disclosed, comprising a support having provided thereon at least one red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, at least one green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer and at least one blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, wherein at least one red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer and at least one green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer each contains a precursor compound capable of releasing a compound upon reacting with an oxidation product of a developing agent, and said released compound is capable of releasing a development inhibitor upon further reacting with another molecule of the oxidation product of the developing agent. The material has improved sharpness and color reproducibility.

Abstract: There are disclosed a method for processing a light-sensitive silver halide color photographic material by subjecting a light-sensitive silver halide color photographic material after color developing to bleach-fixing processing, characterized in that the light-sensitive silver halide color photographic material contains at least one cyan coupler represented by the formula (A), (B) or (C) as specified in the specification, or contains at least one magenta coupler represented by the formula (M-1), the bleach-fixing processing step is a step which is a counter-current system uses two or more tanks of continuous bleach-fixing tanks, and the silver concentration in the bleach-fixing solution in a final tank of the bleach-fixing tanks is maintained at 80% or lower of the silver concentration in a bleach-fixing solution in a first tank, and a method for processing a light-sensitive silver halide color photographic material by subjecting a light-sensitive silver halide color photographic material after color develop

Abstract: A silver halide light-sensitive color photographic material which comprises a coupler represented by formula [I]; ##STR1## wherein A represents a coupler residue that is capable of releasing the remaining group of said coupler upon reaction with an oxidation product of a developing agent; L represents a timing group which is capable of releasing the rest of the group after said remaining group being released from A; n represents 0 or 1; X represents an oxygen or sulfur atom; Y represents a --NHSO.sub.2 R.sub.1 ' group, a ##STR2## group or a --NHCOR.sub.1 ' group, in which formulas R.sub.1 ' and R.sub.2 ' independently represent a hydrogen atom, an aliphatic group, an aromatic group or a heterocyclic group; R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 independently represent a hydrogen atom, an aliphatic group, an aromatic group or a heterocyclic group; R.sub.3 represents a substituent group; m represents 0, 1 or 2, provided that when m is 2, two R.sub.3 s may be different, and that two of R.sub.1, R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 or two of R.sub.

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: This invention relates to a color photographic silver halide recording material containing a dye image-forming coupler compound and a sulfonamide compound which is capable of altering the spectral absorption properties of a dye formed by reaction of the coupler compound with oxidized developing agent.

Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material comprising a support having provided thereon at least one silver halide emulsion layer, wherein the silver halide color photographic material contains at least one cyan coupler represented by the general formula (I) described below and at least one cyan coupler represented by the general formula (II) described below ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 represents an alkyl group having at least 8 carbon atoms; R.sub.2 and R.sub.6 each represents an alkyl group having from 2 to 4 carbon atoms; R.sub.3 represents an alkyl group, an aryl group, a halogen atom, an alkoxy group, a hydroxy group, an acyloxy group or an alkoxycarbonyloxy group; n represents an integer from of 1 to 5, when n is 2 or more, two or more R.sub.3 's are the same or different; R.sub.4 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having not more than 16 carbon atoms; R.sub.

Abstract: A negative-working silver halide color photographic material is disclosed which has at least one silver halide emulsion layer on a support, said material including a pyrazolotriazole-based magenta coupler and means for forming an unsharp positive image.

Abstract: A novel photographic development inhibitor releasing coupler (A) comprises a coupler moiety bonded to at least one timing group that enables timing of release of a releasable development inhibitor moiety wherein the releasable development inhibitor moiety contains a --CH.sub.2 --Q group that is bonded directly to the inhibitor moiety and that is a group enabling, upon exposure and processing of a photographic element containing the coupler, reduced interlayer interimage effect without reduced image acutance. The coupler (A) is useful in a color photographic silver halide element and process.

Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material is described comprising a support having thereon at least one silver halide emulsion layer, wherein the silver halide color photographic material contains a water-soluble polymer comprising at least one repeating unit represented by formula (I) ##STR1## wherein A represents a vinyl repeating unit having a color coupler moiety which is capable of forming a dye upon coupling with an oxidation product of an aromatic primary amine developing agent;and at least one repeating unit selected from the group consisting of formulae (II-A), (II-B), (II-C), (II-D), (II-E), and (II-F): ##STR2## The water-soluble polymer is a photographic polymeric coupler incorporating a crosslinkable group with gelatin and the silver halide color photographic material containing the water-soluble coupler is excellent in layer strength and image sharpness.

Abstract: A combination in a color photographic silver halide element and process of at least one red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer comprising a particular naphtholic cyan dye-forming coupler with at least one green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer comprising a particular pyrazolo[3,2-c]-s-triazole coupler and at least one blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer comprising a particular pivaloylacetanilide yellow dye-forming coupler enables improved color saturation of dye images, better relation of speed to grain characteristics and reduced unwanted spectral absorption of dye images formed. This combination is particularly useful in color photographic silver halide materials and processes for forming improved reversal dye images.

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 silver halide light-sensitive photographic material comprising a support and provided thereon at least one silver halide emulsion layer containing a yellow dye-foming coupler having a formula [A] below and a high boiling organic solvent having a dielectric constant of not more than 6.0; ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 represents a halogen atom or an alkoxy group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms; R.sub.2 represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an alkyl group or an alkoxy group; R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 independently represent an alkyl group which is capable of making said coupler non-diffusible in the photographic material; X.sub.1 represents a tertiary butyl group or a p-alkoxy phenyl group; X.sub.2 represents a hydrogen atom or a group which is capable of being split off during color development; and X.sub.3 represents a linking group.

Abstract: Silver halide color photographic materials, and processes for processing photographic materials, are described, involving the use of at least one of a compound represented by formula (I) and a compound represented by formula (II) ##STR1## wherein A represents an n-valent aliphatic linkage group, an aromatic linkage group or a heterocyclic group (when n is 1, A represents an aliphatic group, aromatic group, heterocyclic group, or hydrogen atom); X represents --O--, --S--, or ##STR2## (wherein, R.sup.4 represents a lower alkyl group); R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 each represents a substituted or unsubstituted lower alkyl group; R.sup.3 represents a lower alkylene group; said R.sup.1 and R.sup.2, said R.sup.1 and A, said R.sup.1 and R.sup.3, said R.sup.2 and A, or said R.sup.2 and R.sup.