Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material comprising a support having thereon at least one blue sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, at least one green sensitive silver halide emulsion layer and at least one red sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, wherein at least one type of acylacetamide type yellow coupler in which the acyl group represented by formula [I] indicated below is included in said blue sensitive silver halide emulsion layer and at least one type of magenta coupler represented by formula [M] indicated below is included in said green sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 represents a univalent group, Q represents a group of non-metal atoms which, together with C, is required to form a three to five membered hydrocarbon ring or a three to five membered heterocyclic ring which has within the ring at least one hetero atom selected from the group consisting of N, O, S and P, with the proviso with R.sub.

Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material is disclosed, which comprises a support thereon having at least one red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, in which the red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer contains at least one cyan coupler of the general formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R represents a substituent;EWG represents an electron-attracting substituent which does not substantially split off from the formula on reaction of the coupler with an oxidation product of an aromatic primary amine developing agent; EWG' represents an electron-attracting substituent having a Hammett's substituent constant .sigma..sub.p of 0.3 or more, other than a perfluoroalkyl group; andW represents a hydrogen atom or a releasable group which splits off on reaction of the coupler with an oxidation product of an aromatic primary amine developing agent.

Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material comprising a support having thereon at least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing at least one 1H-pyrrolo[2,1-c][1,2,4]triazole cyan coupler represented by the following general formula (I) or (II): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 each represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent, provided that at least one of R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 is an electron withdrawing group which has a Hammett's substituent constant .sigma.p value of 0.15 or more; R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 may be bonded to form a ring; and X represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent capable of being released upon coupling with an oxidation product of an aromatic primary amine color developing agent; said coupler may form a bis-compound or or a polymer at R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.

Abstract: Disclosed is a silver halide color photographic material containing a silver halide emulsion having a high silver iodide content and containing a novel yellow colored cyan coupler. The material has a high sensitivity, a good graininess, an excellent color reproducibility and a sufficient sharpness. The material has at least one light-sensitive emulsion layer on a support and is characterized in that it contains at least one yellow colored cyan coupler, that the emulsion layer contains chemically sensitized silver halide grains, and that the chemically sensitized silver halide grain in the emulsion has a silver iodobromide phase with a silver iodide content of from 15 to 45 mol % as a distinctly layered structure and has a silver iodide content of more than 7 mol % based on the whole grain.

Abstract: A silver halide color reversal photographic material comprising a support having thereon at least one cyan coupler-containing red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, at least one magenta coupler-containing green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, and at least one yellow coupler-containing blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, wherein the total light-sensitive silver halide grains in the photographic material have an average silver iodide content of 5.5 mol % or less, and said at least one of light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layers and a substantially light-insensitive hydrophilic colloidal layer adjacent thereto comprises means for producing an interimage effect, said interimage effect satisfying at least one of relationships (a) and (b):(a)0.20.ltoreq..DELTA.logE(R.sub.0.5).ltoreq.0.40,0.ltoreq..DELTA.logE(R.sub.1.5).ltoreq.0.07,and0.18.ltoreq..DELTA.logE(R.sub.0.5)-.DELTA.logE(R.sub.1.5).ltoreq.0.35(b)0.25.ltoreq..DELTA.logE(G.sub.0.5).ltoreq.0.45,0.ltoreq..DELTA.logE(G.sub.1.5).

Abstract: A photographic element including a support bearing a silver halide photographic emulsion and an image dye-forming coupler, wherein the image dye-forming coupler includes a ballasted arylidene pyrazolone which is also a filter dye that upon exposure and processing of the element is destroyed in both exposed and unexposed areas of said element or a masking coupler that upon exposure and processing is destroyed only in exposed areas of the element. The arylidene pyrazolone compound includes an oxygen-inclusive electron donating group in conjugation with the arylidene function, preferably positioned para to the arylidene function.

Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material is disclosed. The light-sensitive material comprises a support having thereon a silver halide emulsion layer containing a coupler represented by the following formula I or II; ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is a hydrogen atom or a group having a Hammet's .sigma.p value of 0 or more; X1 is a hydrogen atom or a substituent capable of splitting off upon reaction with the oxidation product of a color developing agent; Y.sub.1 is a hydrogen atom or a substituent; and Z.sub.1 is a group of non- metal atoms necessary for forming an aromatic six-member heterocyclic ring which may have a substituent, ##STR2## wherein R.sub.2 and Y.sub.2 are independently a hydrogen atom or a substituent; X.sub.2 is a hydrogen atom or a substituent capable of splitting off upon reaction with the oxidation product of a color developing agent; and Z.sub.2 is a group of non-metal atoms necessary for forming an aromatic five-member heterocyclic ring which may have a substituent.

Abstract: A silver halide color photographic photosensitive material comprises a support, having thereon at least one silver halide emulsion layer, wherein a coupler represented by formula (I) shown below is included in at least one layer of the photosensitive material, and a coupler represented by formula (M) shown below is included in at least one layer of the photosensitive material: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 represents an aryl group having substituents the sum of whose Hammett's rule substituent .sigma. constants is at least 0.2, and R.sub.2 represents an aryl group having substituents the sum of whose Hammett's rule substituent .sigma. constants is at least 0.75; ##STR2## wherein R.sub.

Abstract: Pyrazolone magenta dye-forming couplers having a particular arylthio coupling-off group enhance the photographic properties and improve the manufacturing and handling characteristics of materials and processes employing such couplers. The coupler contains an N-phenyl group, a 3-anilino group and a 4-(arylthio) coupling off group containing a particular aryloxymethylacylamino group as an ortho substituent. A broad range of improvements are realized including stability, reactivity, hue, and dye density in addition to simplified and safer manufacture.

Abstract: There is disclosed a cyan dye-forming coupler represented by formula (I) and a silver color photographic material containing same. ##STR1## wherein EWG represents an electron-attractive group having a Hammett substituent constant .sigma..sub.p value of 0.30 or more, R represents a substituent, l represents an integer of 0 to 2, X represents a hydrogen atom or a group capable of being released upon coupling reaction with the oxidized product of an aromatic primary amine derivative, R and EWG may bond together to form a ring, and when l is 2, two Rs may be the same or different or may bond together to form a ring.

Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material comprises a novel cyan dye-forming coupler or a combination of a specific cyan dye-forming coupler with an .alpha.-pivaloylacetoanilide type yellow dye-forming coupler or a pyrazoloazole type magenta dye-forming coupler, the specific cyan dye-forming coupler being contained in the silver halide emulsion layer in the form of an emulsion of lipophilic fine particles obtained by mixing the coupler with at least one water-insoluble and organic solvent-soluble homo- or co-polymer to form a dispersion. The silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material is excellent in the reproduction of yellow, magenta and cyan colors and has low fog of cyan. Thus, the light-sensitive material can provide color images excellent in the fastness of the cyan color images.The cyan dye-forming coupler is represented by general formula (II): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 represents an aliphatic group, an aromatic group or a heterocyclic group; R.sub.

Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material comprising a support having thereon at least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing at least one 1H-pyrrolo[1,2-b][1,2,4]triazole cyan coupler represented by the following general formula (I) or (II): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 each represents an electron withdrawing group having a Hammett's substituent constant .sigma.p value of 0.20 or more; R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 may be bonded to form a ring; the sum of a Hammett's substituent constant .sigma.p value of R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 is 0.65 or more; R.sub.3 represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent; and X represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent capable of being released upon coupling with an oxidation product of an aromatic primary amine color developing agent; said coupler may be in a form of a bis-compound or a polymer formed at R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.

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. It is preferred that the dispersions have a pH of between about 5 and 5.5.

Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light sensitive material comprising a magenta represented by Formula I-3 or I-4 is disclosed. ##STR1## R.sub.1, R.sub.2 and R.sub.4 represent each a substituent; X represents a hydrogen atom or a group capable of splitting off;Y represents a group consisting of non-metal atoms necessary to form a 5- or 6-membered heterocyclic ring;m is 1 or 2; andn is 0 to 4.The invention provides a silver halide color photographic light sensitive material having exellent color reproducibility and color producibility, in which material stability against light of magenta dye image is remarbly improved.

Abstract: Novel pyrazolotriazole couplers containing a ballast group of formula (I): ##STR1## are useful in photographic materials and processes. The couplers exhibit increased coupling activity, and provide formation of dyes having improved maximum magenta image dye density, contrast, and development speed when employed in color photographic materials and processes.

Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material, comprising at least one silver halide light-sensitive emulsion layer provided on a support wherein at least one of said light-sensitive emulsion layer contains (i) at least one 5-pyrazolone coupler having an elimination group represented by the following general formula (I) at the coupling position thereof and (ii) at least one monodisperse cubic silver halide emulsion containing at least one metal ion selected from the group consisting of ions of metals of Group VIII of the Periodic Table, transition metals of Group II of the Periodic Table, lead and thallium in an amount of from 1.times.10.sup.-9 to 1.times.10.sup.

Abstract: An optical card comprises a transparent substrate having a track groove on its surface, an optical recording layer provided on said track groove, and an opaque card substrate provided in such a manner that it may be contiguous to said optical recording layer, wherein an unrecordable part is provided at an end of said track groove formed on the surface of the transparent substrate.

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 (1) at least one compound selected from the group consisting of compounds represented by the general formula (I), (II) or (III) and dimers or higher polymers containing at least one moiety derived from the compounds, and (2) at least one compound selected from the group consisting of organic color fading preventing agents represented by the general formula (IV) and dimers or higher polymers containing at least one moiety derived from the agents, organic metal complexes containing copper, cobalt, nickel, palladium or platinum as the central metal and having at least one organic ligand having at least one conformation and dimers or higher polymers containing at least one moiety derived from the complexes: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.30 represents an aliphatic group, an aromatic group or a heterocyclic group; R.sub.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a silver halide color photographic photosensitive material which contains a coupler which can be represented by formula (1): ##STR1## wherein X1 and X2 each represent an alkyl group or a heterocyclic group, Y represents an aryl group or a heterocyclic group, and Z represents a group which is eliminated when the coupler which is represented by formula (1) reacts with an oxidized form of a developing agent.

Abstract: A photographic material having a support and a light sensitive silver halide emulsion layer which contains a magenta coupler represented by Formula M-I, a compound represented by Formula A and a compound represented by Formula B: ##STR1## wherein the substituents are as defined in the specification.