Abstract: A color photographic silver halide material which contains at least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion, and a cyanine dye of formula (I) wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and R6, independently of each other, each represent a substituent, with the proviso that at least one of the radicals R1, R2 and R3 represents a benzthienyl substituent, X represents O, S, Se, NR7, CH═CH or C(CH3)2, wherein R7 represents an alkyl radical which is optionally substituted, S1 and S2 independently of each other, represent alkyl, sulphoalkyl, carboxyalkyl, —(CH2)1—SO2—Y—SO2-alkyl, —(CH2)1—SO2—Y—CO-alkyl, —(CH2)1—CO—Y—SO2-alkyl, —(CH2)1—CO—Y—O-alkyl, —(CH2)1—NH—SO3⊖, —(CH2)1—N(alkyl)—SO3⊖ or —(CH2)1—N(Aryl)—SO3⊖ , with the proviso that l=1 to 6 and Y is NH or N—, n is 0, 1, 2 or 3, L1, L2 and L3 independently represent a