Abstract: Disclosed is a light-sensitive silver halide color photographic material comprising a light-sensitive multi-layer color photographic material having at least each one layer of blue-sensitive layer, green-sensitive layer and red-sensitive layer on a support, wherein;at least one blue-sensitive layer contains at least one kind of benzoyl type couplers,at least one green-sensitive layer contains at least one kind of pyrazoloazole type couplers, andat least one red-sensitive layer contains at least one kind of ureido type couplers.According to this invention, it is possible to obtain a light-sensitive material which has broad exposure latitude and is excellent in gradation characteristic, or a light-sensitive material which has broad exposure latitude and is excellent in graininess, or a light-sensitive material which has broad exposure latitude, is excellent in graininess and also good in a desilverization performance during processing.

Abstract: A heat-developable light-sensitive material comprising a support having thereon at least one layer containing a light-sensitive silver halide, a reducing agent, a binder and an acetylene silver compound.The heat-developable light-sensitive material which contains the novel organic silver compound can provide images having high density and low fog when subjected to a short period of developing time even when a small amount of a base processor is used.

Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material comprising a support having thereon at least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing monodispersed silver halide grains wherein at least 50% of the total projected area of the monodispersed silver halide grains are tabular silver halide grains which have an aspect ratio of not less than 5.The silver halide color photographic material has improved image sharpness, graininess and tone reproducibility.

Abstract: A method for forming a color image is disclosed, comprising imagewise exposing a color photographic material containing a reflective support having thereon at least one blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion having substantially no iodide content and associated with a yellow dye-forming coupler, at least one green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer having substantially no iodide content and associated with a magenta dye-forming coupler and at least one red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer having substantially no iodide content and associated with a cyan dye forming coupler wherein at least one said blue-sensitive emulsion layer, at least one said green-sensitive emulsion layer and at least one said red-sensitive emulsion layer each contains said silver halide in a ratio of from 1/1 to 4.5/1 moles with respect to the color forming coupler and said photographic material has a total coverage of silver halide contained in all of said silver halide emulsion layers being controlled to 0.78 g/m.sup.

Abstract: Silver halide photographic light-sensitive material comprising a support having a plurality of silver halide emulsion layers which are sensitive to the same spectral region and having different speeds and at least one light-sensitive layer comprising a nondiffusible coupler, which upon reaction with an oxidized product of a color developing agent is capable of forming a nondiffusible dye, wherein the silver halide emulsion layer having the greatest speed of said plurality of silver halide emulsion layers sensitive to a particular spectral region contains a nondiffusible coupler which, upon reaction with an oxidized product of a color developing agent, is capable of producing a moveable dye, and a silver halide emulsion having a speed slower than said fastest speed layer contains a nondiffusible compound which, upon reaction with an oxidized product of a color developing agent, is capable of releasing a development inhibitor material.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic material is described, having at least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing an iodine-containing silver halide on a support and having one or more auxiliary layers on the outermost surface of a light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer positioned farthest from the support, wherein at least one of the auxiliary layers contains a substantially non-light-sensitive silver halide emulsion or a silver halide emulsion containing grains whose inner part or surface part is fogged, and the material contains at least one compound represented by formula (I) ##STR1## wherein R, X, Y, Z, and n are described in the specification.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic material is disclosed. The material has at least one silver halide emulsion layer on a support, said silver halide emulsion layer containing a coupler which forms a mobile dye by coupling reaction with the oxidized product of a color developing agent, and said silver halide emulsion layer having in association therewith a non-light sensitive layer containing substantially non-light sensitive fine silver halide grains.

Abstract: A color photographic recording material comprising at least one layer of which the primary sensitivity is blue, another layer of which the primary sensitivity is green and a further layer of which the primary sensitivity is red, gives satisfactory density graduations for details of high color saturation when a red sensitivity is produced in at least one layer, of which the primary sensitivity is green, and in at least one layer, of which the primary sensitivity is blue, the primary sensitivity being 8 to 25 DIN higher than the secondary sensitivity.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic material is disclosed which contains a compound represented by formula (I)RED--L.sub.1).sub.v B--L.sub.2).sub.w PUG (I)wherein RED represents a group adapted to release the group (L.sub.1).sub.v B--L.sub.2).sub.w PUG upon oxidation: L.sub.1 represents a group adapted to release the group B--L.sub.2).sub.w PUG after cleavage from RED; B represents a group which, after cleavage of the bond with L.sub.1 or RED, releases the group (L.sub.2).sub.w PUG upon reaction with an oxidized developing agent; L.sub.2 represents a group which, after cleavage from B, releases PUG; PUG represents a photographically useful group; and v and w each represents 0 or 1.

Abstract: There is provided a multi-layer heat-developement-type color light-sensitive material comprising a support having thereon a layer containing light-sensitive silver halide grains, an organic silver salt, a reducing agent, a yellow dye donator substance and a binder, e.g. gelatin, a layer containing light-sensitive silver halide grains, an organic silver salt, a reducing agent, a magenta dye donator substance and a binder, and a layer containing light-sensitive silver halide grains, an organic silver salt, a reducing agent, a cyan dye donator substance and a binder, the binder of the respective layers amounting in total to from 3 g to 10 g per m.sup.2 of said support; preferably at least one layer of the light-sensitive material contains a heat solvent.

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 at least one yellow dye-forming coupler represented by the formula (I) ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 represents a substituted or unsubstituted tertiary alkyl group or a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group; R.sub.2 represents a chlorine atom or an alkoxy group; R.sub.3 represents a straight chain or branched chain alkyl group having from 8 to 26 carbon atoms; R.sub.4 represents a branched alkyl group having from 3 to 12 carbon atoms; and R.sub.5 represents a hydrogen atom or a halogen atom.

Abstract: Color photographic motion picture projection film element comprising a transparent film support and coated thereon in succession, a blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer comprising a yellow-forming coupler, a red-sensitized silver halide emulsion layer comprising a cyan-forming coupler, an intermediate layer, a green-sensitized silver halide emulsion layer comprising a magenta-forming coupler, and an antistress layer, wherein between said support and said blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer a yellow antihalation undercoat is provided, which comprises at least one yellow non-diffusing dye that absorbs blue light and is removable and/or decolorizable in a processing bath and between said blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer and said red-sensitized silver halide emulsion layer a bluish antihalation intermediate layer is provided, which comprises at least one blue non-diffusing dye that absorbs red light and is removable and/or decolorizable in a processing bath.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic material is disclosed which has formed on a support in sequence a silver halide emulsion layer incorporating a yellow coupler of the formula (I), a silver halide emulsion layer incorporating a magenta coupler of the formula (II), and a silver halide emulsion layer incorporating a cyan coupler of the formula (III): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom or an alkoxy group; R.sub.2 is --NHCOR.sub.3, --NHSO.sub.2 R.sub.3, --COOR.sub.3 or ##STR2## provided that R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 are each an alkyl group; and Z.sub.1 is a non-metallic atomic group necessary to form a 5- or 6-membered hetero ring together with a nitrogen atom); ##STR3## [wherein R.sub.5 is a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom or an alkoxy group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms; R.sub.6 is (provided that R.sub.7 and R.sub.8 are each a hydrogen atom or an acyl group, and when R.sub.7 and R.sub.

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 color image-forming process is described, for a silver halide color photographic material comprising a support having provided thereon at least one red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, at least one green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, and at least one blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, which process comprises incorporating in the photographic material a yellow dye represented by formula (I) and processing the photographic material using a bleach-fixing solution containing a ferric complex of aminopolycarboxylic acid and a thiosulfate ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 each represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, a hydroxy group, a carboxy group, a substituted amino group, a carbamoyl group, a sulfamoyl group, a nitro group or an alkoxycarbonyl group;R.sub.3 and R.sub.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic material is disclosed, comprising a support having provided thereon at least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, wherein said emulsion layer or a layer adjacent thereto contains at least one pyrazoloazole coupler and substantially all photographic layers including the light-sensitive silver halide layer and the layer adjacent thereto each having been coated on the same surface of the support and then dried have a pH lower than a pKa of said coupler by 1.0 or more. The material exhibits improved color reproducibility, sensitivity and development stability.

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 silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material has a support and at least one silver halide emulsion layer. At least one of the silver halide emulsion layers has a group of substantially monodisperse core/shell type silver halide grains having a value of not greater than 0.15. This value is obtained by dividing a standard deviation value by the average grain size value. The substantially monodisperse core/shell-type silver halide grains have shells from 0.01 to 0.1 in thickness. The silver halide grains include a silver iodide in the core in an amount of less than 8 mole % and a silver iodide in the shell of from 0.1 mole % to 6 mole %. A development inhibitor releasing compound having a relative development inhibitability of not less than 1 is also present in the emulsion layer.

Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light sensitive material is disclosed, which is excellent in the resistance to the back contamination of the processing liquid. The color photographic material comprises a support having thereon photographic component layers containing at least one silver halide emulsion layer. The emulsion containing at least one emulsion layer of the photographic component layers is a surface latent image forming type silver chloride or silver chloro-brobromide emulsion. And at least one of the photographic component layers contains at least one compound selected from the compounds represented by the formula [I]:A-(TIME)n-Z [I]in which A is a coupler component capable of coupling with the oxidized product of a color developing agent, Z is a component capable of releasing from A upon the coupling reaction of A with the oxidized product of the color developing agent and inhibiting the development of the silver halide, and Z has at least one hydrophilic group.

Abstract: A process for processing a silver halide color photographic material is described, comprising developing an imagewise exposed light-sensitive material and then bleach-fixing it, wherein the light-sensitive material contains at least one sensitizing dye selected from three particular types of sensitizing dye compounds, and a bleach-fixing solution contains iodide ions in an amount exceeding 1.2.times.10.sup.-3 gram ion per liter of solution.

Abstract: Disclosed is a light-sensitive silver halide photographic material comprising at least one layer of green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer (GH), at least one layer of red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer (RH) and a plural number of blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layers with different sensitivities, provided on a support, which is characterized in that one of the said plural number of blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layers is provided as a silver halide emulsion layer (BH) positioned at the farthest side from the support, at least one layer GH and at least one layer RH are provided between the layer BH and a blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer lower in sensitivity than the layer BH, and further fine grains of silver halide are contained in at least one of the said blue-sensitive emulsion layer of lower sensitivity and a layer adjacent thereto. The fine grains of silver halide may have a blue-sensitive sensitizing dye adsorbed on the surfaces thereof.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic material is disclosed, comprising a support having provided thereon at least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer and at least one substantially light-insensitive silver halide emulsion layer, wherein the substantially light-insensitive silver halide emulsion layer is present between a layer exhibiting the highest sensitivity among the light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layers and the support. This material is decreased in halation and cross-over light, and is excellent in sharpness.

Abstract: In a light-sensitive direct posi silver halide color photographic material having photographic constituent layers comprising at least one silver halide emulsion layer containing latent image type silver halide grains not previously fogged, which is capable of giving a direct posi image by subjecting the whole surface to exposure or effecting surface development in the presence of a fogging agent, after image exposure, the improvement wherein said internal latent image type silver halide grains are composed of at least two groups of internal latent image type silver halide grains having average grain sizes different from each other, and at least one compound capable of releasing a development inhibiting substance or its precursor through the reaction with the oxidized product of a color developing agent is contained in at least one layer of said photographic constituent layers.

Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material comprising a support having formed thereon at least one red-sensitive emulsion layer, at least one green-sensitive emulsion layer, and at least one blue-sensitive emulsion layer is disclosed. The material cotains a novel combination of cyan, magenta, and yellow couplers and has improved color forming properties, color reproducibility, and image preservability.

Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material comprising a support having formed thereon at least one red-sensitive emulsion layer, at least one green-sensitive emulsion layer, and at least one blue-sensitive emulsion layer is disclosed. The material contains a novel combination of cyan, magenta, and yellow couplers and has improved color forming properties, color reproducibility, and image preservability.

Abstract: Disclosed is a light-sensitive silver halide color photographic material in which a DIR compound capable of releasing a diffusible development inhibitor or precursor thereof by the reaction with an oxidized form of a color developing agent is employed in combination with a non-diffusible dye and which sastisfies Condition A and B recited in the specification.By using the color light-sensitive material according to the present invention, the sharpness, particularly the edge effect (including the fringe effect and the border effect) of a photographic image has been greatly improved.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic material comprising a support having thereon at least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing tabular silver halide grains which have a diameter not less than 5 times the thickness thereof and account for at least 50% of the total projected area of the silver halide grains present in the silver halide emulsion layer and the silver halide photographic material also contains at least one compound represented by following general formulae (I), (II), (III) and (IV): ##STR1## wherein R represents a straight chain, branched chain or cyclic alkylene group, a straight chain or branched chain alkenylene group, a straight chain or branched chain aralkylene group or an arylene group; R.sub.

Abstract: A silver halide photosensitive material is described, comprising a support and at least one silver halide emulsion layer, wherein said emulsion layer or another layer contains a compound represented by formula (I) ##STR1## wherein X represents an atomic group forming a redox center of benzene type having substituents by linking with C.sub.A and C.sub.B, and which does not enable Time-PUG to be released until the redox center is oxidized during development processing; EWG represents an electron withdrawing group having a Hammet's .sigma. para value exceeding 0.3; C.sub.A and C.sub.B each represents a carbon atom; R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 each represents a hydrogen atom or a suitable substituent; Time represents a timing group connecting to C.sub.B through a sulfur, nitrogen, or selenium atom thereof, t is an integer of 0 or 1, and when t=0, Time is a chemical bond; PUG represents a photographically useful group and connects to C.sub.

Abstract: A photographic recording material containing at least one pyrazolone in at least one non-photosensitive layer I, a compound Sc, which reacts with the oxidation product of a p-phenylene diamine developer to form substantially colorless products and which is contained in a non-photosensitive layer which is not separated from the layer I by a photosensitive silver halide emulsion layer, shows improved protection against formaldehyde.

Abstract: A silver halide color light-sensitive material is described, which is increased in sensitivity, is adapted to form an image of high contrast, or is accelerated in development by incorporating a small amount of a specific compound which imagewise releases a foggant or a development accelerator. This compound is represented by the formula: Coup-(TIME).sub.n -FA (wherein Coup represents a coupler radical capable of undergoing a coupling reaction with an oxidized product of an aromatic primary amine developing agent; TIME represents a timing group which is eliminated from Coup by the coupling reaction and, thereafter, releases FA; n is 0 or 1; and FA represents a group which is eliminated from Coup in the coupling reaction when n is 0, whereas FA is released from TIME when n is 1. The FA has adsorption properties with respect to silver halide grains and also has a substantial fogging action with respect to the silver halide grains).

Abstract: A silver halide photographic material having one or more silver halide emulsion layers formed on a support is disclosed wherein at least one of said silver halide emulsion layers contains at least one cyan coupler of formula (I) dispersed therein with the aid of a high-boiling organic solvent having a dielectric constant of not more than 6.0: ##STR1## (wherein R.sub.1 is a straight- or branched-chain alkyl group having 2 or 4 carbon atoms; X is a hydrogen atom or a group capable of leaving upon coupling reaction; and R.sub.2 is a ballast group).

Abstract: A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material comprising a support having thereon at least one silver halide emulsion layer, wherein the photographic light-sensitive material has a layer containing both a non-diffusible coupler which forms a properly smearing diffusible dye upon reaction with the oxidation product of a color developing agent and a silver halide emulsion in which a diameter corresponding to the projected area of grains that takes 40% or more of the projected area of whole silver halide grains is 1.5 .mu.m or more.The silver halide photographic light-sensitive material has improved graininess as well as has high sensitivity.

Abstract: A reversal photographic element comprising at least two dye image-forming units, at least one unit comprising(1) a first silver halide emulsion layer spectrally sensitized to a given region of the spectrum with which is associated a dye image-forming chromogenic coupler and(2) a second silver halide emulsion layer spectrally sensitized to a different region of the spectrum than the first and containing an interimage effect-forming means such as a development inhibitor-releasing coupler, which forms either a colorless compound or a dye which does not substantially take part in the formation of the image.

Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material comprising a support and at least one red-sensitive emulsion layer, at least one green-sensitive emulsion layer and at least one blue-sensitive emulsion layer on the support, which contains at least one cyan dye forming coupler represented by the general formula (I) and at least one cyan dye forming coupler represented by the general formula (II): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 represents --CONR.sub.5 R.sub.6, --NHCORhd 5, --NHCOOR.sub.7, --NHSO.sub.2 R.sub.7, --NHCONR.sub.5 R.sub.6 or --NHSO.sub.2 NR.sub.5 R.sub.6, R.sub.2 represents a group which can be substituted in the naphthol ring, m represents 0 or an integer of 1 to 3, R.sub.3 represents a monovalent group, R.sub.4 represents an aromatic group, and X and Y each represents a hydrogen atom or a group capable of leaving through a coupling reaction with an oxidized product of aromatic primary amine developing agent; R.sub.5 and R.sub.

Abstract: There is disclosed a light-sensitive silver halide photographic material, having two or more light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layers different in color sensitivities on a support, at least two of the light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layers different in color sensitivities containing a DIR compound capable of releasing a developing inhibitor or developing inhibitor precursor through the reaction with the oxidized product of a developing agent, the developing inhibitor or developing inhibitor precursor released from the DIR compound being diffusive, wherein the following conditions A:DIR compounds are added and incorporated in the emulsion layers so that the developing inhibitor released from the DIR compound incorporated in one color-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer and the developing inhibitor released from the DIR compound incorporated in the other color-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer are reversed in developing inhibiting power when the DIR compounds to be incorporated in the respec

Abstract: There is disclosed a light-sensitive silver halide color photographic material having red-sensitive, green-sensitive and blue-sensitive emulsion layers, each layer consisting of two or more layers with different sensitivities on a support, wherein the layers are constituted so as to satisfy the following requirements (A), (B), (C) and (D):(A) of the respective emulsion layers having the highest sensitivities among the the red-sensitive, green-sensitive and blue-sensitive emulsion layers, the highest sensitivity blue-sensitive emulsion layer is provided on the side farthest from the support;(B) at least the the highest sensitivity red-sensitive emulsion layer and the highest sensitivity green-sensitive emulsion layer are provided between the the highest blue-sensitive emulsion layer and a blue-sensitive emulsion layer with lower sensitivity;(C) none of the respective red-sensitive, green-sensitive and blue-sensitive emulsion layers having the lowest sensitivities exists on the side farther than the low sensiti

Abstract: A color photographic recording material contains at least one silver halide emulsion layer which is divided into a partial layers of different sensitivity, at least one relatively high-sensitivity partial layer containing a synthetic polymer and gelatin in a ratio by weight of from 30:70 to 80:20.

Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material is disclosed. Said material has formed on a base photographic layers including a blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, a green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer and a red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, wherein said blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer contains at least one highly reactive yellow coupler having a relative coupling reaction rate of 0.3 or more, said green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing at least one compound of Formula (I): ##STR1## wherein X is a halogen atom or a monovalent organic group capable of leaving upon coupling reaction with the oxidized product of a developing agent; R.sub.1 to R.sub.

Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material is provided, having on a support, one or more cyan coupler-containing red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layers, magenta coupler-containing green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layers and yellow coupler-containing blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layers and additionally having a silver halide emulsion layer which contains at least one cyan coupler and which is spectrally sensitized such that the relation of the maximum sensitivity wavelength .lambda..sub.RG of the spectral sensitivity distribution thereof to the weight averaged wavelength of sensitivity .lambda..sub.R of the spectral sensitivity distribution of said red-sensitive layer and the weight averaged wavelength of sensitivity .lambda..sub.G of the spectral sensitivity distribution of said green-sensitive layer satisfies the formulae.lambda..sub.R -.lambda..sub.RG .gtoreq.5 nmand.lambda..sub.RG -.lambda..sub.G .gtoreq.5 nm.

Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material comprising a support having thereon at least one silver halide emulsion layer, wherein the photographic light-sensitive material has a layer containing both a non-diffusible coupler capable of producing a dye of such mobilitly that controlled image smearing occurs upon reaction with the oxidation product of a color developing agent and a silver halide emulsion in which silver halide grains containing at least about 8 mol % of silver iodide grains account for at least about 40% by weight of the total silver halide grains in the emulsion. The silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material has improved RMS graininess as well as improved visual graininess.

Abstract: Silver halide color photographic materials comprising a support having thereon at least one blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer comprising a yellow dye-forming coupler, at least one green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer comprising a magenta dye-forming coupler, and at least one red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer comprising a cyan dye-forming coupler, characterized in that the wavelength weight-averaged between 500 nm and 600 nm (.lambda..sub.G) of spectral sensitivity distribution of all green-sensitive layers is in the range of 520 nm to 580 nm, the wavelength weight-averaged between 500 nm and 600 nm (.lambda..sub.-R) of spectral sensitivity distribution of one or more donor layers which exert an interlayer effect to at least one red-sensitive emulsion layer comprising a cyan dye-forming coupler is located in the range of 500 nm to 560 nm, and the difference of (.lambda..sub.G -.lambda..sub.-R) is greater than 5 nm.

Abstract: A radiation-sensitive element for half tone color proofing adapted to be exposed by scanning with four independently modulated sources of radiation emitting at different wavelengths within the range 550 to 900 nm, the element comprising a substrate bearing at least four separate imaging media coated thereon, said imaging media including:(1) an imaging medium capable of forming a yellow image upon imagewise exposure and processing,(2) an imaging medium capable of forming a magenta image upon imagewise exposure and processing,(3) an imaging medium capable of forming a cyan image upon imagewise exposure and processing, and(4) an imaging medium capable of forming a black or a balancing black image upon imagewise exposure and processing,each imaging medium having a maximum spectral sensitivity at a wavelength different from that of the maximum sensitivity of the other imaging media such that after exposure and processing super-imposed yellow, magenta, cyan and black or balancing black images are formed, each image

Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material is disclosed, comprising a support having provided thereon at least one silver halide emulsion layer having dispersed therein lipophilic fine particles containing a certain type of lipophilic pyrazoloazole coupler, and said lipophilic fine particles further contain at least one lipophilic mercapto compound represented by formula (II)R--SH (II)wherein R represents a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, alkenyl, or aryl group, and said compound of formula (II) has a water solubility of not more than 1% by weight at 25.degree. C.The material is prevented from forming color stain caused by processing solution components that become incorporated into the materials during development processing.

Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material capable of providing color images having good coloring properties and being excellent in color reproducibility even in a developer using hard water, which contains a cyan coupler represented by formula (I) or (II) and 5-pyrazolone magenta coupler having an arylthio group at the coupling position of said coupler, wherein said arylthio group includes an aliphatic oxy group or an aromatic oxy group at an ortho-position with respect to the sulfur atom of the arylthio group, the aliphatic group or aromatic group of said aliphatic oxy group or aromatic oxy group being unsubstituted or substituted by at least one member selected from(a) a halogen atom,(b) a cyano group,(c) an unsubstituted or substituted aliphatic, aromatic, or heterocyclic sulfonyl, sulfinyl, or phosphonyl group, and(d) a group represented by the formula ##STR1## (e) a group represented by the formula--A.sub.2 -M).sub.n B.sub.

Abstract: Moderate camera speed photographic elements for producing subtractive primary dye images are disclosed, including one emulsion layer comprised of silver bromide or bromoiodide grains having a mean diameter in the range of from 0.4 to 0.55 .mu.m including tubular grains having an aspect ratio of greater than 8:1 accounting for at least 50 percent of the total projected area of the grains in the emulsion layer and being positioned to receive imaging radiation prior to one or more emulsion layers sensitized to the red or green portion of the spectrum. Enhancement of speed-granularity relationships, blue to minus blue speed separation, silver utilization, and image sharpness can all be realized.

Abstract: A photographic emulsion is disclosed containing grains comprised of a silver salt capable of forming a latent image, a sensitizing dye, and a dispersing medium. The sensitizing dye is present in the form of host crystals, and the grains are in conductive contact with the host dye crystals. A photographic element containing the emulsion is also disclosed.

Abstract: A color photographic recording material developable by heat treatment and comprising at least one binder layer, which contains photosensitive silver halide, optionally a substantially non-photosensitive silver salt and a color providing compound (dye releaser), can be improved in regard to the Dmin/max relation and in regard to sensitivity by addition of a compound corresponding to formula IR.sup.1 --S--CO--O--R.sup.2in which R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 independently of one another represent alkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkyl, aralkyl or aryl.

Abstract: A silver halide multilayered color photographic light-sensitive material is disclosed. The material is comprised of a support basde having thereon a green-sensitive emulsion layer having a maximum sensitivity of from 535 nm to 555 nm, a blue-sensitive emulsion layer having a maximum sensitivity in the range of 80 to 110 nm shorter than that of the green-sensitive layer and a red-sensitive layer having a maximum sensitivity in the range of 75 to 95 nm longer than that of the green-sensitive layer. The material also contains a compound capable of releasing a diffusible development inhibitor or its precursor by a coupling reaction with the oxidation product of a color developing agent. This compound is present within one of the emulsion layers or a light-insensitive layer adjacent to one of the silver halide emulsion layers. The material undergoes less changes in color reproducibility due to changes in color temperature of a light source upon photographing.

Abstract: Photographic elements and processes are described which employ a compound containing a hydrazide moiety attached by a linking group, comprising an acidic group or an active methylene group adjacent to an acidic group, to a heteroatom of a moiety containing a photographically useful group comprising a photographic dye or precursor thereof or a photographic reagent; wherein:(a) the hydrazide moiety is capable of being oxidized to an azo group by an oxidized developing agent,(b) the azo group formation causes the release of the photographically useful group, and(c) the released photographically useful group does not contain the linking group or the nitrogen atoms of the hydrazide moiety.

Abstract: A thermodevelopable photographic material is described, comprising a support, at least one photographic silver halide emulsion layer coated thereon, and a dye donating substance capable of forming or releasing a mobile dye in response to, or in inverse response to, the reduction of silver halide in said emulsion to silver by heating, wherein the color of an image formed by the fixing of each of said mobile dyes released by exposure and heating to a dye fixing layer is within the range of a*=10 to -18 and b*=10 to -18 determined from tristimulus values in the 10 degree visual field XYZ system under standard light C.