Abstract: A multilayer silver halide color photographic element comprising a support bearing a light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer and a non-diffusible yellow-colored magenta dye-forming masking coupler wherein the masking coupler is a 2'-hydroxy-5'-substituted-4-phenylazo-5-pyrazolone. The masking coupler has good coupling activity and desirable hues, and can be obtained in good yields by simple syntheses.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 29, 1995
Date of Patent:
April 22, 1997
Assignee:
Eastman Kodak Company
Inventors:
Daniel L. Kapp, Janet N. Younathan, Robert J. Ross, James P. Merrill