Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material having improved granularity and sharpness is disclosed which comprises at least one coupler represented by formula (Ia), (Ib), or (Ic). ##STR1## wherein A represents a coupler residue which can split away from the coupler by A--X bond cleavage upon reaction with an oxidation product of a developing agent; X represents an oxygen atom, or a sulfur atom; R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 each represents an aliphatic group, an aromatic group, or a heterocyclic group; Y represents a substituent group; and n represents 0, 1, or 2, and when n is 2, the two Y's represent the same or different substituent groups, or two of substituents R.sub.1, R.sub.2 and Y represent divalent groups that combine with each other to form a ring structure.

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 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: A photosensitive silver halide colored photographic material having (1) ballasted couplers combined with photosensitive silver halide emulsions and (2) colored compounds capable of reacting with oxidized developing agent, wherein the colored compounds are capable of diffusing in the photographic material during developing treatments and have their principal absorption in the main absorption wavelength region of the dye produced by the reaction of the coupler with the developing agent.

Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material that has at least one silver halide emulsion layer on a support is disclosed. Said silver halide emulsion layer contains at least one magenta coupler having the following formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is a tertiary alkyl group; R.sub.2 is a primary alkyl group; and X is a halogen atom.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material comprising a support having thereon at least one silver halide emulsion layer, which contains in combination at least one cyan coupler of Formula [I], at least one cyan coupler of Formula [II], and at least one compound of Formula [III], Formula [IV] or Formula [V].

Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material is disclosed which has at least one silver halide emulsion layer on a support, said silver halide emulsion layer containing at least one magenta coupler having the following formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is a tertiary alkyl group; R.sub.2 is a secondary or tertiary alkyl group; X is a leaving group other than a hydrogen atom that leaves upon reaction with the oxidation product of a color developing agent.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic material is described comprising at least one layer which contains at least(1) a polymer comprising as constitutional components thereof a repeating unit having a photographically useful group and at least one repeating unit having a sulfinic acid group or a sulfinate group, and(2) a compound having at least one functional group capable of reacting with at least one of a sulfinic acid group and sulfinate group and at least one functional group capable of reacting with at least one of a sulfinic acid group, a sulfinate group and a primary amino group.Said photographic group-containing polymer (1) may be fixed in a photographic layer according to the present photographic material, and does not substantially migrate therefrom during development or other photographic treatment, thus resulting in formation of color images of high density.

Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material is described, which is of ultra-high-sensitivity and is characterized by having the following light-sensitive layer unit (I), (II) or (III):Unit (I): a light-sensitive layer unit comprising: (a) a blue- and green-sensitive layer containing (a-1) a yellow image-forming coupler, (a-2) a magenta image-forming coupler, and (a-3) a cyan colored coupler; and (b) a green- and red-sensitive layer containing (b-1) a cyan image-forming coupler, (b-2) a magenta image-forming coupler, and (b-3) a yellow colored coupler.Unit (II): a light-sensitive layer unit comprising: (a) a blue- and red-sensitive layer containing (a-1) a yellow image-forming coupler, (a-2) a cyan image-forming coupler, and (a-3) a magenta colored coupler; and (b) a green- and red-sensitive layer containing (b-1) a magenta image-forming coupler, (b-2) a cyan image-forming coupler, and (b-3) a yellow colored coupler.

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 a cyan coupler of formula (I) in combination with a cyan coupler of formula (II): ##STR1## (wherein R.sub.1 is an alkyl group, an aryl group, a cycloalkyl group or a heterocyclic group; R.sub.2 is a halogen atom or a monovalent organic group; m is an integer of 0 to 4, provided that when m is 2 or more, R.sub.2 may be the same or different; R.sub.3 is a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an alkyl group or an alkoxy group; W is an alkylsulfonamido group, an arylsulfonamido group, an alkylsulfamoyl group or an arylsulfamoyl group; R.sub.4 is an alkylene group; X is a divalent group; l is 0 or a positive integer; Z.sub.1 is a hydrogen atom or a group capable of leaving upon reaction with the oxidized product of an aromatic primary amine color developing agent); ##STR2## (wherein R.sub.

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 a cyan coupler of formula (I) in combination with a cyan coupler of formula (II) ##STR1## (wherein R.sub.1 is a ballast group; R.sub.2 is a halogen atom or a monovalent organic group; m is an integer of 0 to 4, provided that when m is 2 or more, R.sub.2 may be the same or different; R.sub.3 is a hydrogen atom or a halogen atom; W is a halogen atom or an alkyl group; and Z.sub.1 is a hydrogen atom or a group capable of leaving upon reaction with the oxidized product of an aromatic primary amine color developing agent); ##STR2## (wherein R.sub.4 is an alkyl or alkoxy group; n is an integer of 0 to 5, provided that when n is 2 or more, R.sub.4 may be the same or different; R.sub.5 is an alkylene group; R.sub.6 is an alkyl group; R.sub.7 is a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom or an alkyl group; and Z.sub.

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 a cyan coupler of formula (I) in combination with a cyan coupler of formula (II): ##STR1## (wherein R.sub.1 is a ballast group; R.sub.2 is a halogen atom or a monovalent organic group; R.sub.3 is a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an alkyl group or an alkoxy group; W is an alkyl-sulfonamido group, an arylsulfonamido group, an alkylsulfamoyl group or an arylsulfamoyl group; m is an integer of 0 to 4, provided that when m is 2 or more, R.sub.2 may be the same or different; and Z.sub.1 is a hydrogen atom or a group capable of leaving upon reaction with the oxidized product of an aromatic primary amine color developing agent); ##STR2## (wherein R.sub.4 is an alkyl or alkoxy group; n is an integer of 0 to 5, provided that when n is 2 or more, R.sub.4 may be the same or different; R.sub.5 is an alkylene group; R.sub.

Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material whose magenta dye-forming layer forms a magenta dye image having an absorption maximum from 550 nm to 560 nm and an advantageous absorption spectrum for color reproduction is provided by a silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material comprising a support having thereon at least one silver halide emulsion layer, wherein the at least one silver halide emulsion layer contains a 1H-pyrazolo[3,2-C]-s-triazole-type magenta coupler, and the above silver halide emulsion layer containing the magenta coupler and/or a silver halide emulsion layer having substantially the same color sensitivity as does the above silver halide emulsion layer containing the magenta coupler contains a pyrazolone-type magenta coupler.

Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material comprising a support having thereon a lower-speed emulsion containing a phenol cyan coupler and a higher-speed emulsion containing a naphthol cyan coupler. Both the lower-speed emulsion and the higher-speed emulsion have the same color sensitivity.

Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material is disclosed. The material is comprised of a support base having thereon a silver halide emulsion layer and two distinct types of couplers. One coupler is a diffusing dye-forming coupler which can form a dye capable of having moderate diffusibility in an emulsion layer through coupling with an oxidation product of a color developing agent. The other coupler is a high reaction rate coupler which can form a dye of the same color as that of the diffusing dye-forming coupler and that, has a coupling speed higher than that of the diffusing dye-forming coupler by a factor of 1.3 to 15. By utilizing the two types of couplers in combination with each other the resulting material can provide images with improved graininess over the entire density region of the dye image.

Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material which has superior fastness to both heat and light, exhibits absorption desirable from the viewpoint of color reproduction, and has superior color forming property is disclosed which comprises a support having thereon a cyan dye forming coupler represented by the following general formula (I) and a cyan dye forming coupler represented by the following general formula (II): ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.4 each represents a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, aryl or heterocyclic group, R.sup.2, R.sup.3 and R.sup.5 each represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, or a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl or aryl group, R.sup.6 represents a group with which a benzene ring can be substituted, X.sup.1 and X.sup.2 each represents a group which can be released upon an oxidative coupling reaction with a developing agent, R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 may combine together to form a 5-membered or 6-membered ring, and n represents an integer of 1 to 5.

Abstract: A silver halide light-sensitive material having a support and at least one silver halide emulsion is provided. The silver halide emulsion layer contains in combination at least one cyan coupler of Formula (I) and at least one cyan coupler of Formula (II).

Abstract: A color-photographic recording material which, in at least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, an interlayer and/or a protective layer, contains a stabilizer mixture comprising(i) a compound with at least one group of the formula ##STR1## or a polymer with recurring structural units of the formula I, and (ii) a phenolic antioxidant.Color images obtained by imagewise exposure and development of this color-photographic recording material show good stability to the action of visible and ultraviolet light.With respect to the definitions of the substituents in formula I, reference is made to the description.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic emulsion containing a coupler for photography, comprising silver halide particles in said emulsion consisting essentially of 2 mole % or less of silver iodide, 50 to 97 mole % of silver bromide and 1 to 50 mole % of silver chloride, and said particles are core/shell type silver halide particles containing a higher content of said 50 to 97 mole % silver bromide in the surface layers of said particles than in the inner portions thereof, the surface layer of said particles containing 70 to 100 mole % of silver bromide and the inner portion containing 40 to 70 mole % of silver bromide.

Abstract: In a silver halide color photographic material is disclosed. The material is comprised of a blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, a green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, and a red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer. The granularity of the material is improved by incorporating a non-diffusible coupler capable of forming a properly smearing diffusible dye by causing a reaction with the oxidation product of a color developing agent and a colorless competing compound capable of capturing the oxidation product of a color developing agent in at least one of the foregoing silver halide emulsion layers.

Abstract: Silver halide photographic material having at least one light sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, at least one non-light sensitive hydrophilic colloidal layer, and optionally a third type of layer, wherein at least one of said emulsion layers, colloid layers, or third type of layers has, in a single layer, both a magenta coupler of Formula I and a development inhibitor releasing compound having a development inhibitor radical of Formula II or III, said Formula is wherein R.sub.1 is selected from benzamido, anilino, and phenylureido, each having a sulfonamido group and R.sub.2 is selected from aryl and heterocyclic groups; said Formula II is ##STR1## wherein R.sub.3 is selected from hydrogen, halogen, acylamino, alkyl, benzothiazolinylidenamino and phenyl substituted alkoxy; said Formula III is ##STR2## wherein X is a group of non-metallic atoms necessary to complete, together with the C.dbd.N group, a five or six membered heterocyclic ring.

Abstract: Disclosed is a light-sensitive silver halide color photographic material having at least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer on a support, characterized in that said light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer contains a cyan coupler represented by formula [I] shown below, and said light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer and/or a layer contiguous to said light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer contains a colored cyan coupler represented by the formula [II]: ##STR1## wherein X, R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are as defined in the specification; ##STR2## wherein (Coup--).sub.c, L, Q.sub.1, Q.sub.2, M, j, and G are as defined in the specification.

Abstract: A silver halide color photographic sensitive material is disclosed. The material is comprised of a substrate having a silver halide emulsion layer position thereon and a cyan dye forming coupler. The coupler is reresented by the general formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R represents a substituted or nonsubstituted alkyl group, aryl group or heterocyclic group, X represents a group capable of releasing by an oxidative coupling reaction with a developing agent, and R.sup.1 represents a substituted or nonsubstituted alkyl group or aryl group. The coupler of the invention can be easily dissolved in a high boiling point organic solvent and makes possible production of a light sensitive material having a high dye forming rate, high maximum color density and good fastness to light. Furthermore, the couplers prevent a large decrease in density when the bleaching solution utilized has a weak oxidation ability.

Abstract: Granularity of silver halide photographic materials is reduced by employing a coupler which yields a dye of such mobility that controlled image smearing occurs.

Abstract: The light-sensitive color photographic silver halide recording material contains in at least one of its light-sensitive gelatine-containing layer, color formers for the formation of the image dyes in the three primary colors, a crosslinking agent activating the carboxyl groups of gelatine selected from carbamoylonium salts, carbamoylpyridinium salts and carbamoyloxypyridinium salts and a compound acting as aldehyde-scavenger which corresponds to the general formula ##STR1## wherein Z represents the atoms required for completing a 5-6-membered substituted or unsubstituted carbocyclic ring or a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic ring which may contain oxygen, nitrogen or sulfur as hetero-atom.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic material containing a coupler capable of releasing a photographically useful group in a controllable timing.

Abstract: A light-sensitive, color photographic silver halide multilayer material contains for the improvement of definition, grain and color rendition DIR-couplers which are substituted in coupling position by mercapto-azole-, mercaptobenz-azole- or mercapto-azine moieties, which themselves carry hydrophilic substituents. The DIR-couplers according to the invention may be used together with other couplers and additives or as sole color forming element and are noteworthy for their high color yields, inter- and intra-image effects. They may be added as well in hydrophobic state (in dispersed form) as in hydrophilic state (as alkaline solutions) and they may be used in single layers or as associated layers with a maximum three layers of a color forming unit and the layers may be arranged in any desired order within the whole combination of layers.

Abstract: Hydrophilic color-forming compounds such as couplers and color-providing compounds for the dye diffusion transfer process may be emulsified with the aid of oil formers when they are in admixture with aliphatic tertiary hydroxy amino compounds as specified hereinafter.

Abstract: A method of processing monochrome silver halide material which contains in at least one silver halide layer in addition to the normal image-forming color coupler or couplers a development inhibitor releasing compound which method comprises developing the exposed material in a color developing solution which comprises not more than 2.5 g/liter of a paraphenylene diamine color developing agent which is able to couple with the color coupler or couplers and D.I.R. compound present, the process further comprising silver halide fixing, silver image bleaching and washing steps. The developed photographic images exhibit a remarkable increase in sharpness.

Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material is described comprising a support having thereon a silver halide emulsion layer containing a 2-equivalent magenta color image forming polymer coupler latex which is capable of forming a dye upon coupling with an oxidation product of an aromatic primary amine developing agent and which is a polymer or copolymer having a repeating unit derived from a monomer represented by formula (I) ##STR1## wherein R represents a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group containing from 1 to 4 carbon atoms or a chlorine atom; X represents --CONH--, --NH--, --NHCONH-- or --NHCOO--; Y represents --CONH-- or --COO--; A represents an unsubstituted or substituted alkylene group which may be a straight chain or a branched chain or an unsubstituted or substituted phenylene group; Ar represents an unsubstituted or substituted phenyl group; Za, Zb, Zc and Zd can each represent a methine group, a substituted methine group or -N.dbd.; m represents 0 or 1; and n represents 0 or 1.

Abstract: A photographic recording material having at least 2 panchromatically sensitized silver-halide emulsion layers differing in speed, a DIR-compound and at least 2 yellow couplers of differing coupling velocity provides an improved graininess.

Abstract: Color photographic material is described in which a yellowish image is formed which can be used to print black and white prints. Also present in the layer is a small amount of a more reactive coupler which produces a colored image to which black and white paper is not sensitive. This more reactive coupler reduces the fog in the highlight areas.Most preferably small amounts of other couplers are present which result in a green or brown image which makes it easier for the operator to focus the image.

Abstract: Color images are obtained by chromogenic development of a colorphotographic material comprising several differently spectrally sensitized silver halide emulsions and color couplers associated thereto, a hydrophobic cyan coupler being incorporated by means of a hydrophobic coupler solvent and a hydrophobic yellow coupler being incorporated without a coupler solvent, when a color developing composition is used comprising a hydrophilic and a hydrophobic color developer compound. The color images have good stability of the cyan partial image to tropical conditions and good lightfastness of the yellow partial image.

Abstract: A process for producing a multicolor optical filter by exposing a multilayer color photographic material comprising:(1) a silver halide emulsion layer containing a colored coupler (1b) which has one of cyan, magenta or yellow colors and which forms a dye of one of the other two colors than the color of the colored coupler by a coupling reaction with the oxidation product of an aromatic primary amine color developing agent, and(2) a silver halide emulsion layer containing (i) a silver halide emulsion having a sufficiently high sensitivity that it can be exposed without exposing emulsion layer (1) and without increasing the color density in emulsion layer (1) and (ii) a colored coupler (2b) which has the same color as that of the dye formed by the coupling reaction of the colored coupler (1b) and which forms a cyan, magenta or yellow dye but not the color of the colored coupler (1b) or the color of the dye formed by the coupling reaction of the colored coupler (1b); the exposure is through a stripe or mosaic fi

Abstract: Photographic color elements are described wherein one of the emulsion layers comprise a 4-phenylazo-2-pyrazolin-5-one coupler, the phenylazo group of which carries a p-alkoxy group of the formula:--O--Alk--X--Rwherein:Alk represents a straight-chain or branched-chain alkylene group, which may carry an aryl substituent,X represents a linking group, andR represents an aryl group.

Abstract: A multilayer color photographic material with improved color reproduction comprising a support having thereon at least two photosensitive silver halide emulsion layers which provide color images having different colors from each other, the multilayer color photographic material containing at least one interlayer color correction coupler as defined hereinafter.

Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material which contains a 3-anilino-5-pyrazolone type of magenta coupler and a novel dye image-stabilizing agent of the general formula (I) as hereinafter defined.

Abstract: A process for forming color photographic images having improved granularity, sharpness, and gradation by applying, after image exposure, a color reversal process including a step of performing color development in the presence of a competing coupler. The element processed is a multilayer reversal color photographic material comprising a support having coated thereon at least three differently sensitive photographic silver halide emulsion layers, the outermost layer of the color photographic material being blue-sensitive and containing a nondiffusible coupler forming a yellow dye by a coupling reaction with an oxidized primary aromatic amino color developing agent and represented by the following general formula (I) ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 represents an alkyl group or an aryl group; R.sub.