Abstract: The invention provides a color photographic element comprising: a) a first light sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing a compound of Formula I: wherein Q represents the atoms necessary to form a triazole ring and the associated bonds, provided that the ring members may be substituted and that two of such members may join to form a fused ring; provided further that the ClogP for the compound of Formula I is from 4.75 to 9.0; and b) a second light sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, having a spectral sensitivity different from that of the first light sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, containing a compound of Formula II: COUP-(TIME)j-INH  II wherein: 1) COUP is a coupler parent group capable of forming a dye upon reaction with an oxidized developer; 2) TIME is a timing group and j is 0 or 1; and 3) INH is a mild silver development inhibitor fragment. The invention provides improved color reproduction.

Abstract: The invention provides a color photographic element comprising: a) a first light sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing a tetrazole compound of Formula I:  wherein when R1 is hydrogen, then R2 is an alkyl, aryl, alkoxy , aryloxy, alkylthio or arylthio, sulfoxyl, sulfonyl, sulfamoyl, —O—CO—, —O—SO2—, a heterocyclic group, a carbonyl group or an amino group or when R2 is a thiol (—SH) group, then R1 is an alkyl, aryl or heterocyclic group provided further that the ClogP for the compound of Formula I is at least 2.0 and less than 7.

Abstract: The invention provides a silver halide photographic element comprising a non-light sensitive layer containing elemental silver and a nitrogen heterocycle compound having a ClogP of at least 4.5, which compound comprises a ring system of one or more fused rings containing at least one --N--H bond, the ring system comprising a total of at least three nitrogen ring members and the associated bonds; provided that the compound does not contain an --SH group or >C.dbd.S group and does not react with an oxidized developer.

Abstract: A photographic element is disclosed comprising:a) a first light sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing a compound of Formula I:COUP.sub.1 --(L).sub.n --A Iwherein1) COUP.sub.1 is a coupler parent group capable of forming a dye upon reaction with oxidized developer wherein --(L).sub.n --A is not attached to the coupling position;2) L is a divalent linking group bonding A to COUP.sub.1, and n is 0 or 1; and3) A is a fragment containing a group is identified by formulas IIIa. IIIb or IIIc: ##STR1## wherein: Het represents a heteroatom; Q represents the atoms necessary to form a five or six-membered ring; V represents an atom of oxygen, sulfur, or nitrogen; and U represents an ether, thoiether or amino group; provided that the indicated formulas encompass the addition of one or more fused rings; and provided that the ClogP for the compound of Formula I is not greater than 20; andb) a second light sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing a compound of Formula II:COUP.sub.2 --(TIME).sub.

Abstract: A color negative photographic element is disclosed containing higher levels of oxidized developer agent scavenging compound in the lowest and intermediate sensitivity layers of a triple-coated image recording unit than in the fast layer. Reduced fog and granularity are obtained, and increased speed and latitude are obtained.

Abstract: Disclosed is a photographic element comprising a non-light sensitive layer containing elemental silver and a heterocyclic thiol compound having a Clog P of at least 2.0 but less than 12.0, provided that the ring system of the compound comprises a --N.dbd.C--S--H group or its tautomer and does not react with an oxidized developer. The invention provides improved minimum densities in imaging layers.

Abstract: The invention provides a photographic element comprising a silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith an image dye-forming coupler of formula (I): ##STR1## wherein X is H or a coupling-off group, R is H; or R, R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are the same or different and are coupler-modifying functional groups (with the provisos that (a) the moiety N(R.sub.1)COR.sub.2 may not be a carbamate, ureido or imido and (b) R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 may not both be phenyl or substituted phenyl); or R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 taken together with the nitrogen atom and the carbonyl group form a 5-10 membered heterocyclic ring which may contain one or more further heteroatoms selected from N, O and S, said heterocyclic ring being unsubstituted or substituted with one or more coupler-modifying functional groups, with the proviso that the ring is not a cyclic carbamate, ureido or imido; and wherein the coupler forms a dye with a peak absorption less than 565 nm.

Abstract: A color negative photographic element is disclosed containing higher levels of oxidized developer agent scavenging compound in the lowest and intermediate sensitivity layers of a triple-coated image recording unit than in the fast layer. Reduced fog and granularity are obtained, and increased speed and latitude are obtained.

Abstract: The invention provides a photographic element comprising a light sensitive silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith a dye-forming coupler having formula I: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is selected from the group consisting of alkyl, aryl, and heterocyclic groups;R.sub.2 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl, aryl, and heterocyclic groups;W is C(O) or S(O).sub.2 ;R.sub.3 is selected from the group consisting of alkyl, alkoxy, aryl, aryloxy, and amino groups;each R.sub.4 is independently selected from the group consisting of alkyl, alkoxy, aryl, aryloxy, and alkylamino groups, and n is an integer from 1 to 4;Y is a substituent; andX is H or a coupling-off group;provided that the number of carbon atoms contained in R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 combined is at least 18 and provided further that any two or more of R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 may be joined to form a ring.

Abstract: A color photographic element comprising a film support and a first radiation-sensitive layer further includes an oxidized developer-scavenging naphtholic coupler that is substantially immobilized in the element but forms a dye that can be removed from the material during photographic processing. The naphtholic coupler, which comprises a dye-forming moiety and a ballasted, substantially photographically inert coupling-off moiety, has the structure ##STR1## where R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 each independently represents hydrogen, an alkyl group, an alkoxyalkyl group, or a hydroxyalkyl group, R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 together containing a total of up to 4 carbon atoms; R.sup.3 represents hydrogen, halo, or an alkoxy, an alkylcarbonamido, an alkylsulfonamido, a carbamoyl, or a sulfamoyl group containing up to 4 carbon atoms; R.sup.1, R.sup.2, and R.sup.

Abstract: A color photographic element which comprises a light sensitive silver halide emulsion layer and a non-light sensitive interlayer containing a ballasted 5-carbamoyl-1,3-dihydroxybenzene compound. The element exhibits an improved ability to prevent oxidized developer from diffusing away from the imaging layer in which it formed and into other color records where it can form the wrong color dye.

Abstract: A color photographic element which comprises a light sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing a 5-carbamoyl-1,3-dihydroxybenzene compound having a ClogP of at least 4. The element provides a black and white image using conventional color negative processing.

Abstract: The invention provides a photographic element comprising a light sensitive silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith a dye-forming coupler having formula I: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is selected from the group consisting of alkyl, aryl, and heterocyclic groups;R.sub.2 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl, aryl, and heterocyclic groups;W is C(O) or S(O).sub.2 ;R.sub.3 is selected from the group consisting of alkyl and aryl groups having a calculated logP of at least 9;Y is a substituent; andX is H or a coupling-off group.

Abstract: An improved photographic element comprises a support bearing at least one silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith a hydrazide compound that functions as a scavenger for oxidized developing agent. The hydrazide compound includes an electron-withdrawing and aqueous-solubilizing group on an aromatic ring linked to the carbonyl of the hydrazide group and a ballasting group on an aromatic ring linked to a nitrogen atom of the hydrazide group. Preferably, the hydrazide compound is incorporated in a photographic element which comprises a four-equivalent 5-pyrazolone magenta-dye-forming coupler.

Abstract: A photographic element containing a dye which when released from a coupler has a sufficiently low pKa, generally less than about 5, such that the dye remains substantially or fully ionized during coating of the film and in the produced film, results in an element containing a dye which has the desired hue without the use of additional additives, such as mordants, to keep the dye ionized. The dye is also useful in photographic elements without release from a coupler, for example, as a filter dye.

Abstract: Photographic elements are disclosed having a first coupler represented by the formula:COUP.sub.1 -T-INHwhereinCOUP.sub.1 is a coupler moiety,T is a timing group bonded to INH through a substituted or unsubstituted methylene group contained in T and bonded to COUP.sub.1 through an O, S, or N atom contained in T,and INH is a development Inhibitor moiety, andwherein the T-INH group is able to undergo electron transfer along a conjugated system therein to cleave INH after T-INH is cleaved from COUP.sub.1, anda second coupler represented by the formula:COUP.sub.2 -(TIME).sub.n -S-R.sub.1 -R.sub.2wherein COUP.sub.2 is a coupler moiety, TIME is a timing group, n is 0 or 1, R.sub.1 is a divalent linking group that does not include a heterocyclic ring attached directly to S, and R.sub.2 is a water solubilizing group.

Abstract: The invention provides a multicolor negative photographic element comprising a support bearing at least two green light sensitive silver halide emulsion layers of differing light sensitivity, the least and only the least sensitive layer containing a 1-phenyl-3-acylamino-4-nitrogenheterocycle-pyrazolin-5-one dye forming hue correction coupler which reacts with oxidized developer during development to form a dye having a D580/D550 ratio greater than that exhibited by the element absent the hue correction coupler. The invention also provides an imaging process.

Abstract: An improved photographic element comprises a support bearing at least one silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith a pyrocatechol compound that functions as a scavenger for oxidized developing agent. The pyrocatechol compound has sufficient bulk that it is substantially non-diffusible in the photographic element and has in the four-position thereof a tertiary carbamoyl substituent. These scavenger compounds exhibit very high activity, have excellent stability upon long-term storage and do not leave colored residues after processing.

Abstract: An improved photographic element comprises a support bearing at least one silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith a hydroquinone compound that functions as a scavenger for oxidized developing agent. The hydroquinone compound has sufficient bulk that it is substantially non-diffusible in the photographic element and has in the two-position thereof an asymmetric tertiary carbamoyl substituent. These scavenger compounds exhibit very high activity, have excellent stability upon long-term storage and do not leave colored residues after processing.

Abstract: An improved photographic element comprises a support bearing at least-one silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith a hydrazide compound that functions as a scavenger for oxidized developing agent. The hydrazide compound comprises at least one polyhydroxy aromatic nucleus or a precursor thereof and at least one moiety containing an ##STR1## group which is bonded to a ring carbon atom of the polyhydroxy aromatic nucleus or precursor thereof through a linking group. The linking group can be an oxy, thio, sulfinyl, sulfonyl or alkylene group or it can be a carbonyl group when the polyhydroxy aromatic nucleus comprises at least three hydroxyl groups.