Abstract: A method for forming an image comprises processing a silver halide color photosensitive material comprising a nondiffusible coupler and a nondiffusible color developing agent on a support with a color developer containing a diffusible color developing agent comprising an aromatic primary amine. By this method, it is possible to reduce the processing time required when a color developer containing an ordinary aromatic primary amine as the color developing agent is used and also to provide a stable image forming method having only a slight processing dependence.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of processing a light-sensitive silver halide color photographic material comprising; subjecting to exposure a light-sensitive silver halide color photographic material comprising a support; a light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing at least one of a core/shell silver halide grain containing 3.0 mole % or more of silver iodide and a tabular silver halide grain containing 3.0 mole % or more of silver iodide; and a compound capable of releasing at a developing processing a restrainer or restrainer precursor which forms silver salt having the solubility product with a silver ion, of 1.times.10.sup.-9 or less, and thereafter; carrying out a color developing processing by using a color developing solution containing an aromatic primary amine type color developing agent, for a period of 120 seconds or less and so as to have a value of (developed silver amount at the maximum density portion)/(total silver amount), of 0.5 or less.

Abstract: A process for processing a silver halide color photographic material is disclosed which comprises processing a silver halide color photographic material containing at least one compound represented by formula (I) or (II): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 each represents an aliphatic group, an aromatic group, or a heterocyclic group; A represents a group forming a chemical bond by reaction with an aromatic primary amine color developing agent; n represents 0 or 1; X represents a group released on reaction with an aromatic primary amine color developing agent; B represents a hydrogen atom, an aliphatic group, an aromatic group, a heterocyclic group, an acyl group, or a sulfonyl group; and Y represents a group accelerating the addition of an aromatic primary amine color developing agent to the compound of formula (II), and said R.sub.1 and X or said Y and R.sub.

Abstract: A method for processing a silver halide color photosensitive material is disclosed.The process step comprises developing a color photographic light-sensitive material composed of a support having thereon at least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing a silver halide containing at least 80 mol % silver chloride; at least one emulsion layer thereof containing a dispersion of a mixture of (i) at least one oil-soluble non-diffusible cyan coupler capable of forming a substantially non-diffusible cyan dye by coupling with the oxidized form of a developing agent, and (ii) a water-insoluble polymer;in a color developer solution comprising a primary amine color developing agent, and having a chloride ion concentration of from 3.5.times.10.sup.-2 to 1.5.times.10.sup.-1 mol/l, and a bromide ion concentration of from 3.0.times.10.sup.-5 to 1.0.times.10.sup.-3 mol/l.

Abstract: A method for processing a silver halide color photographic material for prints comprising a color developing step, a bleach-fixing step, and either a stabilizing step or a water washing step is described, wherein the silver halide color photographic material comprises a reflective support having thereon at least one silver halide emulsion layer containing a silver halide having a silver chloride content of not less than 90 mol % and substantially not containing silver iodide, and the color developing step is conducted using a processing solution that does not substantially contain benzyl alcohol.According to the method of the present invention, the amount of water required in a water washing step or a stabilizing step can be greatly reduced without decreasing liquid stability of the water for washing or the stabilizing solution, and color prints having improved preservability are obtained.

Abstract: A method for forming an image which comprises developing an imagewise exposed silver halide color photographic material with a color developer containing at least one aromatic primary amine color developing agent, wherein said silver halide color photographic material contains a silver chlorobromide emulsion having an average silver bromide content of from 0.1 to 10 mol % and containing substantially no iodide in at least one layer thereof, at least said silver chlorobromide emulsion containing a gold compound, and said color developer contains from 3.5.times.10.sup.-2 to 1.5.times.10.sup.-1 mol/l of chloride ion and from 3.0.times.10.sup.-5 to 1.0.times.10.sup.-3 mol/l of bromide ion.

Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material is processed with a color developer containing at least one compound of the following formula (I) and at least one compound of the following formula (II): ##STR1## where R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 independently represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group or a heterocyclic group;R.sup.4 represents a hydrogen atom, a hydroxyl group, a hydrazino group, an alkyl group, an aryl group, a heterocyclic group, an alkoxy group, an aryloxy group, a carbamoyl group or an amino group;X.sup.1 represents a divalent group;n represents 0 or 1; and when is 0, R.sup.4 represents an alkyl group, an aryl group or a heterocyclic group; and R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 may together form a heterocyclic group; ##STR2## where Z represents an atomic group necessary for completing an aromatic nucleus.

Abstract: A method for forming a direct positive color image by image-wise exposing to light a light-sensitive material having at least one internal latent image type silver halide emulsion layer which is unfogged and color image-forming couplers on a support; either (1) subjecting the resulting material to fogging exposure to light and/or processing it with a nucleating agent before development, and then developing the resulting material with a surface developing solution containing an aromatic primary amine type color developing agent, or (2) developing the material after the image-wise exposure with a surface developing solution containing an aromatic primary amine type color developing agent under fogging exposure and/or in the presence of a nucleating agent; and bleach-fixing the resulting material, wherein the color developing solution contains at least one compound selected from the group consisting of compounds represented by the following general formulae (I), (II), (III) and (IV): ##STR1## wherein X represent

Abstract: A process for forming a direct positive color image is disclosed, the process comprising imagewise exposing a photosensitive material containing at least one emulsion layer of silver halide of internal latent image type, which has not been preliminarily fogged, and a color image-forming coupler; developing said material using a surface developing solution containing an aromatic primary amine color developing agent in the presence of a nucleating agent and/or in the condition that fogging exposure is carried out prior to the developing step or during the developing step; bleaching; and fixing, wherein said color coupler is a compound which is in itself substantially nondiffusible, and capable of forming or releasing a substantially nondiffusible dye upon oxidative coupling with said aromatic primary amine color developing agent and said development processing is carried out at a pH of 11.

Abstract: A process for the rapid development of imagewise exposed silver halide recording materials which contain on a layer support at least three light sensitive silver halide emulsion layers of different spectral sensitivity, with which a cyan coupler, a magenta coupler and a yellow coupler are in each case spectrally associated, comprising the following treatment steps:1. treatment of the photographic material with a solution I of a color developing agent or a salt thereof at pH 1 to 8 over a period of 1 to 10 seconds,2. treatment of the photographic material impregnated with the developing agent with an alkali-containing solution II at pH 10 to 14 over a period of 1 to 10 seconds.produces maximum color densities of the kind otherwise only obtained by conventional development over a period of 45 seconds.

Abstract: A method for processing a silver halide color photographic material comprising a reflective support having thereon at least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing a color coupler or color couplers, which comprises the step of, after imagewise exposing, developing said silver halide color photographic material with a color developing solution which does not substantially contain benzyl alcohol and which contains an aromatic primary amine color developing agent represented by formula (A): ##STR1## wherein X represents a compound capable of forming a salt with a primary amine; and a compound represented by formula (I): ##STR2## wherein R.sup.1 represents a hydrogen atom or a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, aryl, alkoxy, aryloxy or amino group; and R.sup.2 represents a hydrogen atom or a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl or aryl group; or R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 may be bonded to each other to form a carbon ring or a hetero-ring.

Abstract: A color image-forming process of developing a color photographic paper having on a support silver halide emulsion layer(s) containing a monodispersed silver chlorobromide emulsion having a deviation coefficient of not more than 20% and a color coupler, said emulsion being spectrally sensitized by at least one of the compounds represented by general formulae (I), (II), (III) and (IV) defined in this invention, using a color developer containing substantially no benzyl alcohol for a period of time of not more than 2 minutes and 30 seconds.In processing the aforesaid color photographic paper, even when the color paper is procesed using a color developer containing no benzyl alcohol, which caused pollution problems, in a short processing time of not more than 2 minutes and 30 seconds, stable color images having less formation of fog and high color density are obtained.

Abstract: A photographic recording material capable of accelerated development is described. The recording material comprises an image-forming coupler compound, a development inhibitor releasing compound and a compound capable of imagewise release of an electron transfer agent.

Abstract: A color image-forming process is described, which comprises developing with a color developing solution containing an aromatic primary amine developing agent a silver halide color photographic material containing at least on pyrazoloazole coupler represented by formula (Ia) or (Ib) ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.1 ', R.sub.3, Za, and Zb are defined in the specification. The image-forming process of the invention provides a silver halide color photographic material having high maximum color density, showing high coloring speed, and forming color images excellent in fastness. Further, the process of the invention can reveal the above-described excellent properties using a color developing solution containing substantially no benzyl alcohol.

Abstract: A method for processing a silver halide color photographic material is disclosed, which comprises developing a silver halide color photographic material with a color developer comprising:(a) an aromatic primary amine color developing agent;(b) at least one brightening agent represented by formula (I) ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 each represents a hydroxyl group, an alkoxy group, an amino group, an alkylamino group, an aryloxy group or an arylamino group; provided that R.sub.1 is not the same as R.sub.3 when R.sub.2 is the same as R.sub.4, and R.sub.1 is not the same as R.sub.4 when R.sub.2 is the same as R.sub.3 ; and M represents a monovalent cation; and(c) at least one organic phosphonic acid series chelating agent.

Abstract: A method for processing a silver halide color photographic material including a step of developing the material with a developer containing an aromatic primary amine color developing agent and at least one compounds represented by the following general formulae (Ia) and (Ib): ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4, which may be the same or different, each represents a hydrogen atom or an unsubstituted alkyl group; R.sup.5, R.sup.6 and R.sup.7, which may be the same or different, each represents an unsubstituted alkylene group; X.sup.1 and X.sup.2, which may be the same or different, each represents ##STR2## --O--, --S--, --CO--, --SO.sub.2 or --SO--, or a combination thereof, and R.sup.8 represents a hydrogen atom or an unsubstituted alkyl group; and m and n, which may be the same or different, each is 0, 1, 2 or 3; and ##STR3## wherein R.sup.13 represents a substituted alkylene group; and R.sup.9, R.sup.10, R.sup.11 and R.sup.

Abstract: A color image-forming process which comprises developing, after imagewise exposure, a color photographic paper having at least one light-sensitive layer containing a core/shell surface latent image type monodispersed silver halide emulsion containing substantially no silver iodide, having a silver chloride content of up to 80 mol %, and having a silver bromide content in the shell portion lower than in the core portion with a color developer containing substantially no benzyl alcohol.When the color photographic paper described above is processed, color images having less fog can be obtained with high color density in a short time without using benzyl alcohol as a development accelerator, with the benzyl alcohol causing a pollution problem.

Abstract: Photographic color developing compositions which are especially useful in the processing of high chloride silver halide photographic elements are free, or at least substantially free, of bromides; optionally contain a small amount of sulfite; and comprise (1) a primary aromatic amino color developing agent, (2) an N,N-dialkylhydroxylamine, (3) at least one sequestering agent which functions to sequester iron and (4) at least one sequestering agent which functions to sequester calcium. The developing compositions exhibit excellent stability. They also provide minimal development restraint which permits the use of very short development times, as needed for rapid access processing.

Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material comprising (1) at least one coupler and (2) at least one compound represented by formula (I) ##STR1## wherein EAG represents a group capable of accepting an electron from a reducing substance; R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 each represents a chemical bond or a divalent substituent, or R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are linked together to form a cyclic structure when linked with (Time).sub.t PUG; or R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 each represents a substituent, or R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are linked together to form a cyclic structure when not linked with (Time).sub.t PUG; Time represents a group capable of releasing PUG, which is released by the cleavage of the single bond between the oxygen atom and the nitrogen atom in the compound; t represents 0 or 1; PUG represents a photographically useful group; and the dotted lines mean that at least one of them forms a chemical bond, and a method for forming an image using the material.

Abstract: A color developer composition that maintains developer activity in all color forming layers and increases developer capacity is disclosed. The color developer composition allows use of reduced temperature, process time, replenishment rate, or concentration of developing agent without causing color imbalance. The composition employs two or more different color developing agents in combination. Each agent in a composition is selected from the group consisting of p-amino-N-dialkylanilines and the salts thereof. The composition of the present invention may be employed in conventional color developing processes without any significant change in conventional processing procedures and steps.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a processing method for a silver halide color photographic material, which makes it possible to substantially reduce the amount of waste liquor and the pollution of the environments. In the process, the color photosensitive material is continuously developed, and the process is characterized in that all or a part of the overflow of a color developer being substantially free from benzyl alcohol is used as a part of a processing solution used in a process other than the color development process.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of processing a silver halide color photosensitive material. In particular, to a rapid processing method capable of reducing the development time. In the processing method, an exposed silver halide color photosensitive material having at least one emulsion layer containing a silver halide having a chlorine content of at least 80 molar % based on the total halogens is processed with a color developer containing an aromatic primary amine color developing agent and a dialkylhydroxylamine of the following general formula (I) but substantially free of benzyl alcohol: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 each represent an unsubstituted or substituted alkyl group or an unsubstituted or substituted alkenyl group or R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 may form a hetero ring together with nitrogen atom.

Abstract: A photographic recording material is disclosed which is capable of providing improved granularity properties without sacrifice in other desirable photographic properties. The recording material comprises an image dye-forming coupler compound, a development inhibitor releasing compound, a compound capable of imagewise release of a soluble mercaptan compound and a compound capable of imagewise release of an electron transfer agent.

Abstract: A no-rinse processing method for the production of color photographic images comprising the steps of developing, bleaching, fixing and stabilizing, of which the bleaching and fixing steps may be combined into a bleach fixing step, gives dye images of satisfactory quality, even after prolonged use, if the stabilizing bath used in the stabilizing step contains an effective quantity of a pyrazole which, in one of the possible tautomeric forms, corresponds to the following general formula: ##STR1## in which X represents OH or NH.sub.2,R.sub.1 represents alkyl, substituted alkyl, aryl, substituted aryl or carboxyl,R.sub.2 represents hydrogen, alkyl or substituted alkyl,R.sub.3 represents hydrogen, alkyl, substituted alkyl, aryl or substituted aryl.

Abstract: A process for processing color photographic papers using a color developer substantially free from benzyl alcohol and containing a compound represented by formula (I) ##STR1## wherein Z represents an atomic group forming an aromatic nucleus is disclosed. In the process, the formation of color stains is greatly reduced even in the case of shortening the processing times for the blix step and the wash and/or stabilization step after color development.

Abstract: A method of forming a color image and a silver halide color photographic material comprising a reflective support having thereon at least one light-sensitive layer containing at least one coupler which forms a dye upon a coupling reaction with an oxidation product of an aromatic primary amine color developing agent and a silver halide emulsion which contains at least 80% by mol of silver chloride and substantially no silver iodide the method comprising processing with a color developing solution which contains not more than 0.002 mol of a bromine ion per liter and substantially no benzyl alcohol for a development time of not more than 2 minutes and 30 seconds in the presence of at least one compound represented by the following formulae (I), (II), or (III), as defined in the specification.The method of forming a color image and the silver halide color photographic material according to the present invention enable rapid processing to be conducted while controlling the fog formation with high sensitivity.

Abstract: A process for processing silver halide color photographic materials, which comprises processing, after image-wise exposure, a silver halide color photographic material with a color developer containing an aromatic primary amine color developing agent and a compound represented by the following general formula (I): ##STR1## wherein n represents an integer of at least 1; R represents a hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic group or the n-valent groups corresponding to the groups when n represents an integer of at least 2; and A represents an organic group containing a carbon atom, an oxygen atom, a nitrogen atom, or a sulfur atom and forms a saturated or unsaturated 3- to 8-membered ring with the nitrogen atom, said A is substituted or unsubstituted and may be condensed with a benzene ring or a heterocyclic ring.

Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material having at least one silver halide emulsion layer on a reflective support is, after having been imagewise exposed, subjected to color development with a color developer which does not substantially contain benzyl alcohol and which contains a bromide ion in an amount of 4.times.10.sup.-3 mol/liter or less, for a period of time of 2 minutes or less, to obtain a color images with a high colored density. The silver halide color photographic material specifically has at least one silver chlorobromide emulsion layer which does not substantially contain silver iodide and which contains silver chloride in an amount of 50 mol % or more.In the color images thus formed by the present process, the colored density is high and the fog is less.

Abstract: A method for processing a silver halide color photographic material is described, which comprises treating said material after imagewise exposure with a color developer containing an aromatic primary amine developing agent and at least one compound represented by formula (I) ##STR1## in which X.sub.1 and X.sub.2 each represents a divalent organic group. In accordance with this method, the stability and color-forming capacity of the color developer are remarkably improved, the increment of fog during continuous processing of photographic material is greatly reduced, and the color developer need not substantially contain benzyl alcohol.

Abstract: A method for forming a color image is disclosed, which comprises imagewise exposing a multi-layer silver halide color photographic material comprising a reflective support having provided thereon at least three silver halide emulsion layers different in color sensitivity, each of which separately contains at least one coupler selected from a specific combination of cyan, magenta, and yellow couplers, and processing the exposed material with a color developing solution containing substantially no benzyl alcohol for a period of not more than 2 minutes and a half. A color image excellent in color reproducibility and preservability can be obtained rapidly without using benzyl alcohol.

Abstract: A method is described for processing a silver halide color photographic material after imagewise exposure, comprising color developing, desilvering, and at least one of washing and stabilizing a silver halide color photographic material, wherein a color developer which does not substantially contain benzyl alcohol but comprises at least one compound represented by formula (I) ##STR1## wherein M.sup.1, M.sup.2, M.sup.3 and M.sup.4 each represents a hydrogen atom, an alkali metal ion, an ammonium ion, or 1/n of an n-valent cation is used for the color development.

Abstract: A novel method for processing a silver halide color photographic material is provided, which comprises processing a silver halide color photographic material having at least one silver halide emulsion layer on a reflective support with a color-developing solution substantially free of benzyl alcohol and containing at least one compound represented by formula (I) ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 represents a hydrogen atom, --CH.sub.2 COOH, or ##STR2## R.sub.2 represents a hydrogen atom or --COOH; n represents an integer of 0 or 1; and Z represents atoms necessary for the formation of an aromatic ring.

Abstract: A developing solution composition for a silver halide color photographic material is described, comprising an aromatic primary amine color developing agent and a compound represented by formula (I) ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2, which may be the same or different each represents a hydrogen atom or a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group; R.sup.3 represents a substituted or unsubstituted alkylene group; and the total number of carbon atoms contained in R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 is at least 3.The color developer composition has improved stability and color forming properties and remarkably limits fog formation during continuous processing.

Abstract: There is provided a method of processing a silver halide color photographic material which comprises processing the silver halide color photographic material with a color developer containing an aromatic primary amine color developing agent and a specific hydroxylamine compound. According to this method the stability of a color developer is improved so that the increased fogging problem in continuous processing is lessened and the processing time is shortened.

Abstract: A method for processing a silver halide color photographic material comprising the step of processing a silver halide color photographic material after imagewise exposure thereof with a color developer containing at least one aromatic primary amine developing agent and at least one hydrazine compound represented by formula (I) ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, and R.sup.4, which may be the same or different, each represents a hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkenyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic group, provided that R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 may be linked to form a heterocyclic ring; R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 may be linked to form a heterocyclic ring; and at least two hydrazine moieties derived from the compound represented by formula (I) may be linked to form a dimer or polymer by any of R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, and R.sup.4.

Abstract: There is provided a method for processing a silver halide color photographic material which comprises processing the silver halide color photographic material with a color developer containing an aromatic primary amine color developing agent and a specific amino compound. According to this method the stability and color forming property of a color developer are improved so that the increased fogging problem in continuous processing is lessened and the processing time is shortened. There is also provided a color developer composition which can be used as the developer, as it is or after adjusting its composition.

Abstract: A method of processing a silver halide color photographic material in which the color developer used comprises an aromatic primary amine color developing agent and a compound of formula: ##STR1## wherein X represents a trivalent group necessary to complete a condensed ring;R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 each represents an alkylene group, an arylene group, an alkenylene group, or an aralkylene group;and, if desired, does not contain a substantial amount of benzyl alcohol to achieve improved stability and color developability of the color developer and a reduction of fog generation in the running development process.

Abstract: A process for forming a dye image is disclosed, in which a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material having a silver halide emulsion layer is developed by a color developer comprising an aromatic primary amine and an N,N- dialkylhydroxylamine. The silver halide emulsion layer contains a hydrophobic dye-forming coupler and a compound selected from the group consisting of compounds having a sterically hindered phenol group and polyalkylpiperidine compounds or the water soluble acid salt thereof. The dye image having a high maximum density and a high light-fastness can be obtained when the color developer without benzyl alcohol is used.

Abstract: A method for forming a color image which comprises imagewise exposing a color photographic material comprising a reflective support having thereon at least one photosensitive layer containing a color coupler capable of forming a dye image through its coupling reaction with an oxidation product of an aromatic primary amine color developing agent and a silver halide emulsion and processing it with a color developing solution containing substantially no benzyl alcohol, wherein the color development is carried out under the condition that a substantially colorless anionic surface active agent having an unsubstituted aliphatic group, a substituted aliphatic group excluding a fluorine-substituted aliphatic group, or an unsubstituted or substituted aromatic group as a hydrophobic group; and --SO.sub.3 M, --SO.sub.2 M, --OSO.sub.3 M, or --OSO.sub.

Abstract: A color image forming process is described, which comprises developing an imagewise exposed silver halide color photographic material with a color developer containing an aromatic primary amine developing agent and being substantially free of benzyl alcohol for a period of up to about 2 minutes and 30 seconds, wherein the silver halide color photographic material comprises a reflective support having thereon a blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing a yellow color-forming coupler, a green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer contaning a magenta color-forming coupler, and a red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing a cyan color-forming coupler in this order, the material further containing light-insensitive hydrophilic colloid layers between the blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer and the green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer and between the green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer and the red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer and at least one light-insensit

Abstract: A method for processing a silver halide color photographic material is provided, which comprises subjecting an imagewise exposed silver halide color photographic material having at least one silver halide emulsion layer on a reflective support to color development for a period not exceeding 2 minutes and 30 seconds using a color-developing solution containing substantially no benzyl alcohol, a sulfite in a concentration of 8.times.10.sup.-3 mol/liter or less, and a hydroxylamine in a concentration of 1.5.times.10.sup.-2 mol/liter or less, thereby achieving high color densities of the developed images and reduced fog. The effects of this method are particularly significant in photographic paper containing a pyrazoloazole type magenta coupler.

Abstract: A method for the formation of a color image is described, wherein a silver halide color photographic material comprising a photographic layer provided on a reflective support is imagewise exposed and then subjected to development for a period of time within 2 minutes and 30 seconds with a color developer which contains an aromatic primary amine developing agent but does not substantially contain benzyl alcohol, wherein said photographic layer contains at lesat one specific non-coloring coloration accelerator selected from the group consisting of compounds represented by formulae (I) through (VII) defined in the specification.

Abstract: A method of forming a color image which comprises processing, after imagewise exposure, with a color developing solution which contains not more than 0.

Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material comprising at least one silver halide light-sensitive emulsion layer associated with a magenta coupler provided on a support, wherein at least one of said silver halide emulsion layer and the layer(s) adjacent to the emulsion layer contains a hydroquinone derivative,wherein said coupler is at least one compound selected from the group consisting of compounds represented by formula (I), bis-compounds derived from the compounds, and polymers having coupler residues derived from the compounds, ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent; X represents a hydrogen atom or group which can be released therefrom upon coupling with an oxidized form of an aromatic primary amine-developing agent; and Za, Zb, and Zc each represents a methine, substituted methine, .dbd.

Abstract: A color image-forming process is disclosed, which comprises imagewise exposing a silver halide photographic material comprising a reflective support having provided thereon at least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer constituted by at least two kinds of monodispersed silver halide grains containing substantially no silver iodide and substantially deffering from each other in mean grain size, and developing the exposed photographic material for a developing time of within 2 minutes and 30 seconds using a color developer containing substantially no benzyl alcohol.

Abstract: A method for processing silver halide photographic materials is disclosed. In this method a silver halide photographic material is developed in the presence of at least one compound represented by the following Formula [Ia] or [Ib]: ##STR1## wherein Ar is a benzene or naphthalene ring, F is a fluorine atom, Y and Y' are substituents, X is a bivalent atom or a bivalent linkage group. The compound may be contained in a processing solution or in the silver halide photographic light-sensitive material to be processed. A fog of the silver halide photographic material, especially a fog due to a storage of the materials at a high temperature can be considerably decreased.

Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material comprising a support having thereon at least one silver halide emulsion layer, the color photographic light-sensitive material containing a compound capable of releasing a group represented by the general formula (I) described below upon the reaction with the oxidation product of a developing agent: ##STR1## wherein W and Z each represents an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom or a group of ##STR2## X.sub.1, X.sub.2, X.sub.3, X.sub.4 and X.sub.5 each represents a hydrogen atom or an organic residue; PUG represents a photographically useful group; n represents 1 or 2; any two of X.sub.1, X.sub.2, X.sub.3, X.sub.4, X.sub.5 and PUG each represents a divalent group and may be connected to each other to form a cyclic structure; and when n represents 2, two Z's, two X.sub.3 's and two X.sub.4 's may be the same or different.

Abstract: Benzoxazole derivatives represented by general formula (I) which are intermediates for synthesis of o-sulfonamidophenol derivatives useful as dye releasing redox compounds in a color diffusion transfer color image forming process: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2, which may be the same as or different from each other, each represents an alkyl group or an aryl group or they may combine and form a ring; R.sup.3 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group or an aryl group; R.sup.4 represents an alkyl group or an aryl group; R.sup.5 represents an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, an alkylthio group, an arylthio group, a halogen atom or an acylamino group, or --CR.sup.1 R.sup.2 R.sup.3 and R.sup.5 may combine and form the nucleus ##STR2## which is condensed at the 6- and the 7-positions of the benzoxazole nucleus; and n is 0, 1 or 2.

Abstract: There is disclosed a method for processing of a light sensitive silver halide color photographic material characterized by carrying out, after an image exposure of the material, a development processing of the material in the presence of the following components (A), (B), and (C) and/or (D):(A) an aromatic primary amine color developing agent compound;(B) a manganese salt and/or a cerium salt;(C) a diphosphonic acid sequestering agent and a magnesium salt and/or a lithium salt; and(D) at least one of the sequestering agent selected from the group consisting of the compounds represented by the formulas (I), (II), (III), (IV) and (V) found in the specification.

Abstract: A method for processing a silver halide color photographic material containing at least one pyrazoloazole magenta coupler represented by general formula (I), which comprises processing the light-sensitive material, after imagewise exposure, with a color developer containing an aromatic primary amine color developing agent and at least one member selected from among hydrazines and hydrazides represented by general formula (II): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.11 represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent, X represents a hydrogen atom or a group capable of being eliminated by a coupling reaction with an oxidation product of an aromatic primary amine developing agent, Za, Zb and Zc each represents a methine group, a substituted methine group, .dbd.N-- or --NH--, provided that one of the Za-Zb bond and the Zb-Zc bond is a double bond and the other is a single bond and, when Zb-Zc is a carbon-to-carbon double bond, it may be a part of an aromatic ring, and a dimer or higher polymer may be formed at R.sub.