Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material is disclosed. The red sensitive silver halide emulsion layer contains at least one cyan coupler represented by the formula (1) or (2) and at least one cyan coupler represented by formula C-1, ##STR1## the symbols are defined in the specification.

Abstract: The invention provides a photographic element comprising a light sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing a cyan dye-forming coupler of formula (I), a phenolic solvent of formula (II) and a bisphenol derivative compound of formula (III): wherein the substituents are as defined herein the specification.

Abstract: A photographic element is disclosed comprising a support bearing at least one light sensitive silver halide emulsion layer comprising a dispersion of a dye-forming coupler and a water-insoluble polymer, wherein the polymer has a glass transition temperature of less than 75.degree. C. and is formed from at least 30 wt % monomer units which provide the polymer with functional groups that are hydrogen bond donors. The combination of such relatively low T.sub.g polymers with couplers in photographic elements leads to both decreased pressure sensitivity and improved image-dye light stability, as well as a decreased tendency toward dye smear or thermal induced change. The advantages of the invention are particularly useful for yellow coupler dispersions used in photographic color paper elements on reflective supports, although they will also be useful for motion picture print film and other projection or display films on transparent or diffuse supports.

Abstract: The invention provides a photographic element comprising a silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith a cyan dye-forming coupler having the formula: wherein R.sub.3 represents a methyl or ethyl group; R.sub.4 represents an alkyl or alkenyl group containing 8 or more carbon atoms; R.sub.5 represents an alkyl or alkenyl group containing 4 or more carbon atoms; X represents a chloro or fluoro group; Y represents a substituent group and n represents an integer from 0 to 4, provided that if n is 2 or more, then two Y groups may be joined together to form a ring; and Z represents hydrogen or a group capable of being split off by oxidized color developer. The dye formed by the coupler upon conventional processing with a p-phenylenediamine developer exhibits improved stability.

Abstract: There is disclosed a silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material that contains, in photographic constitutional layers on a support, a hydrazine-series reducing agent for color formation, and a phenol-series magenta coupler having an acylamino group at the 5-position, and/or a naphthol-series cyan coupler having an amido group at the 5-position. The light-sensitive material makes low-replenishment and low-discharge processing possible, and exhibits good color reproducibility and good color-forming property.

Abstract: A photographic element comprising a light sensitive silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith a cyan dye forming coupler having Formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 represents hydrogen or an alkyl group;R.sub.2 represents a phenyl group having an electron withdrawing group having a Hammett's Sigma value greater than 0 in a position meta or para to the amido group and has no group having a Hammett's Sigma value greater than 0 in a position ortho to the amido group;n represents 1, 2, or 3;each X is located at a position of the phenyl ring meta or para to the sulfonyl group and is independently selected from the group consisting of alkyl, alkenyl, alkoxy, aryloxy, acyloxy, acylamino, sulfonyloxy, sulfamoylamino, sulfonamido, ureido, oxycarbonyl, oxycarbonylamino, and carbamoyl groups; andZ represents a hydrogen atom or a group which can be split off by the reaction of the coupler with an oxidized color developing agent.

Abstract: Disclosed is a silver halide color photographic light sensitive material comprising a coupler represented by the following formula (I):formula (I) ##STR1## wherein Cp represents a coupler moiety; L represents a divalent linkage group; J represents --CO-- or --SO.sub.2 --; R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group or an aryl group, provided that one of R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 is a hydrogen atom; R.sub.5 represents a substituent; and n represents 0 or 1.

Abstract: A colour photographic silver halide material with a support, at last one silver halide emulsion layer containing at least one yellow coupler and at least one silver halide emulsion layer containing a cyan coupler applied thereon, in which material the silver halide emulsion layer, of which there is at least one, containing at least one yellow coupler and/or the silver halide emulsion layer, of which there is at least one, containing at least one cyan coupler contains a compound of the formula (I) ##STR1## in which R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3 mean alkyl, alkenyl or acyl andn means 6, 7 or 8,is distinguished by improved stability of the image dyes produced by processing.

Abstract: The invention provides a photographic element comprising a red light sensitive silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith a cyan dye forming coupler having Formula (I) and a green light sensitive silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith a magenta dye forming coupler having formula IIA or IIB: ##STR1## wherein the substituents are as defined herein.

Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light sensitive material is disclosed, containing a coupler highly soluble in organic solvents and superior in dispersibility and dispersion stability in a silver halide emulsion, which is represented by the following formula: ##STR1## The coupler includes a pyrazolotriazole coupler reprepresented by the following formula: ##STR2##

Abstract: A colour photographic silver halide material with at least two blue-sensitive, yellow-coupling silver halide emulsion layers of differing photographic sensitivity, at least two green-sensitive, magenta-coupling silver halide emulsions layers of differing photographic sensitivity and at least two red-sensitive, cyan-coupling silver halide emulsion layers of differing photographic sensitivity, at least one interlayer Z-1 below the lowermost red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer and/or at least one interlayer Z-2 below the lowermost green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, in which material a coupler is additionally used in at least one silver halide emulsion layer, which coupler couples to yield a colour which is not complementary to the spectral sensitisation of the layer concerned, and Z-1 and/or Z-2 contain a silver halide emulsion which has tabular grains with an aspect ratio of >2, an average diameter of a sphere of equal volume of .gtoreq.0.3 .mu.

Abstract: Coupler dispersions comprising an aqueous medium having dispersed therein an organic phase comprising (i) a primary photographic coupler comprising a first ballasting group containing at least 5 carbon atoms and (ii) an auxiliary photographic coupler comprising a second ballasting group, wherein the primary coupler and the auxiliary coupler are present in the dispersion at a weight ratio of from 4:1 to 99:1 and the auxiliary coupler differs from the primary coupler solely in that the second ballast group contains 2 or more additional carbon atoms and associated hydrogen atoms relative to the first ballasting group.

Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material comprises a paper support, and provided thereon, a light sensitive silver halide emulsion layer and a non-light sensitive layer, said support comprising a paper base and a resin layer coated on each side of the paper base, the resin layer on the silver halide emulsion layer side comprising two or more resin layers containing white pigment and having a different white pigment content, at least one of the resin layers being composed of a polyolefin or polyester resin, and at least another one layer being composed of a resin selected from the group consisting of a polyester resin, a polyether resin, a polyurethane resin, a polycarbonate resin, a polystyrene resin, a cellulose derivative and an electron beam hardened rein, wherein the silver halide emulsion layer comprises a silver halide emulsion having a silver chloride content of 95 to 99.

Abstract: Silver halide photographic element comprising a support having coated thereon red-, green- and blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layers comprising, respectively, cyan, magenta and yellow dye-forming couplers, wherein the blue-sensitive emulsion layer comprises at least two blue-sensitive emulsion layers, the uppermost of which has the highest-sensitivity and the lowermost of which has the lowest sensitivity, characterized in that the uppermost highest sensitivity blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer comprises a yellow dye-forming coupler and a cyan dye-forming coupler.

Abstract: The invention provides a photographic element comprising a light sensitive silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith a cyan coupler represented by formula (I) in combination with a phenolic solvent represented by formula (II): ##STR1## wherein: R.sub.3 represents an alkyl group of 2 to 15 carbon atoms;R.sub.4 and R.sub.5 each independently represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group or an aryl group;R.sub.6 represents an alkyl or aryl group;X represents a halogen atom; andZ represents a hydrogen atom or a group capable of being split off by oxidized color developer; andeach R independently represents a substituent while q represents an integer from 1 to 3;provided that all R groups taken together contain at least 8 carbon atoms.

Abstract: Silver halide photographic light-sensitive elements comprising a support having coated thereon a coupler dispersion containing layer comprising phenolic cyan dye forming couplers of Formula I and a high boiling organic solvent of Formulas II-V as defined in the specification, wherein the weight ratio in said layer of solvent of formulas II-V relative to coupler of formula I is from 0.1 to 0.5. Such elements provide relatively high cyan coupler reactivity to obtain satisfactory cyan dye density upon processing of the photographic material.

Abstract: A photographic element comprises a light sensitive silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith a cyan dye forming coupler having Formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 represents hydrogen or an alkyl group;R.sub.2 represents an alkyl group or an aryl group;n represents 1, 2, or 3;each X is located at a position of the phenyl ring meta or para to the sulfonyl group and is independently selected from the group consisting of alkyl, alkenyl, alkoxy, aryloxy, acyloxy, acylamino, sulfonyloxy, sulfamoylamino, sulfonamido, ureido, oxycarbonyl, oxycarbonylamino, and carbamoyl groups; andZ represents a hydrogen atom or a group which can be split off by the reaction of the coupler with an oxidized color developing agent.The element forms a dye upon development which has a desirably low wavelength of maximum absorbance and low unwanted green absorbance.

Abstract: The invention provides a photographic material comprising at least one light sensitive silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith a yellow dye forming coupler having formula (I) or (II): ##STR1## wherein R represents an aromatic or heterocyclic group containing a group ionizable at pH 10 that is in conjugation with the double bond between the carbons to which A and X are respectively bonded through a .pi.-electron network;A is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, a cyano group, an alkyl group, an aryl group, an alkylsulfonyl group, and an arylsulfonyl group;B is an alkyl group or an aryl group; andX represents hydrogen or a group capable of being split off upon coupling with oxidized color developer.

Abstract: The invention provides a photographic light sensitive silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith a phenolic dye-forming coupler having the formula: ##STR1## wherein: R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are independently selected from hydrogen and alkyl or aryl groups;R.sup.3 is a substituent group containing .beta. to the carbonyl carbon of the coupler nucleus the group --S(O).sub.n -- where n is 0 to 2;R.sup.4 is an aliphatic or aromatic group containing fluoride;R.sup.5 is hydrogen or a substituent group; andZ is hydrogen or a coupling-off group.The invention also provides a coupler compound, a photographic element containing the emulsion layer of the invention, and an imaging process.

Abstract: The invention provides a photographic element which comprises a light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith a cyan dye-forming coupler having the formula: ##STR1## wherein: R.sub.1 represents an alkyl or aryl group;R.sub.2 represents an alkyl group of 2 to 4 carbon atoms;Ar represents an aryl group; andZ represents a hydrogen atom or a group capable of being split off by reaction of the coupler with an oxidized color developing agent.Such elements provide an improved cyan dye hue upon development.

Abstract: A photographic element comprises a light sensitive silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith a magenta coupler represented by formula (I): ##STR1## wherein: R.sub.1 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group;R.sub.2 represents an alkyl group;Ar represents a phenyl or naphthyl group;X represents a substituent and "n" represents an integer of from 1 to 5; andZ represents a hydrogen atom or a group which can be split off by the reaction of the coupler with an oxidized color developing agent.The described naphtholic coupler provides a magenta dye image rather than the cyan dye image common to naphtholic couplers.

Abstract: Multilayer silver halide color photographic element comprising a support having thereon at least a blue sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing a yellow dye-forming coupler, at least a green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing a magenta dye-forming coupler, and at least a red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing a cyan dye-forming coupler, said red-sensitive layer containing a non-diffusible, cyan dye-forming magenta masking coupler.

Abstract: Multilayer silver halide color photographic element comprising a support having thereon at least a blue sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing a yellow dye-forming coupler, at least a green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing a magenta dye-forming coupler, and at least a red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing a cyan dye-forming coupler, said red-sensitive layer or a gelatin interlayer adjacent said red-sensitive layer containing a non-diffusible, non-coupling magenta colored azo dye.

Abstract: A photographic element comprises a light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith a cyan dye forming coupler having the formula: ##STR1## wherein: X represents hydrogen or a coupling-off group bonded to the coupling position of the coupler and capable of being split off by an oxidized color developer; andR represents an aliphatic or aromatic substituent group. The element provides improved hue of the cyan dye formed from the coupler upon coupling.

Abstract: A process is provided for preparing microprecipitated dispersions of filter dyes by preparing a concentrated slurry in aqueous medium of a filter dye having ionizable acid sites on the dye molecule, adding sufficient aqueous hydroxide to dissolve the filter dye, acidifying the solution with a stoichiometric amount of acidic protons to reprotonate up to 100% of the total ionizable acid sites on the dye molecule and provide a microprecipitated dispersion of the filter dye that is insoluble in aqueous media at pH values less than 3 but soluble in aqueous media at pH greater than 10.

Abstract: The invention provides a photographic element comprising a light sensitive silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith a cyan coupler represented by formula (I): ##STR1## wherein: R.sub.3 represents an alkyl group of 2 to 15 carbon atoms;R.sub.4 and R.sub.5 each independently represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group or an aryl group;R.sub.6 represents an alkyl or aryl group;X represents a halogen atom; andZ represents a hydrogen atom or a group capable of being split off by oxidized color developer.

Abstract: Dispersions comprising particles of a phenolic cyan photographic coupler of Formula I dispersed in an aqueous gelatin solution substantially free of permanent organic solvent demonstrate improved stability to dispersion crystallization. ##STR1## R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 in Formula I each represent an aliphatic group, an aromatic group, or a heterocyclic group. R.sub.3 represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an aliphatic group, an aromatic group, an acylamino group, or a non-metallic atomic group necessary to form a nitrogen-containing 5-membered or 6-membered ring together with R.sub.2. X represents a hydrogen atom or a group capable of being released upon a coupling reaction with oxidation product of a developing agent, and n represents 0 or 1.

Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material has, on a support, 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. The blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer contains a specified acylacetamide type yellow dye-forming coupler. The red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer contains a specified phenol type cyan coupler.

Abstract: A process for producing a color filter is disclosed, which comprises the steps of (a) pattern-exposing a light-sensitive material comprising a light-transmitting substrate having thereon at least three silver halide emulsion layers, and (b) subjecting the exposed light-sensitive material to color development processing, bleaching and fixing processing, and washing processing, wherein the at least three silver halide emulsion layers (i) comprise a layer containing at least a cyan coupler, a layer containing at least a magenta coupler and a layer containing at least a yellow coupler and (ii) have different color sensitivity; and the cyan coupler is a compound represented by the following formula (I): ##STR1## A color filter produced by the above-described process is also disclosed.

Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material having improved stability with respect to fog and latent images, which contains at least one compound of formula (A) and at least one polymer having repeating units of formula (I) or (II): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.a1 to R.sub.a5 are as defined in the specification ##STR2## wherein R.sup.1 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group; and Q represents a group selected from the group consisting of groups represented by formulae 1) to 4): ##STR3## (wherein the definitions of each symbols are the same as in the application) ##STR4## wherein E represents --COR.sub.21, --COOR.sub.22, --CONHR.sub.23, --CONHCOR.sub.24 or --SO.sub.2 R.sub.25 (wherein R.sub.21, R.sub.22, R.sub.23, R.sub.24 and R.sub.25 each represents an alkyl, aryl or cycloalkyl group, or a hydrogen atom); and G represents an alkylene group.

Abstract: A photographic element and imaging process employ a light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith a magenta azine dye-forming coupler which is a phenol having(1) an acylamino group in the 2-position wherein the amino nitrogen contains a substituent which is an aliphatic or aromatic group;(2) hydrogen or a coupling-off group in the 4-position; and(3) a sulfonamido group in the 5-position.

Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material comprising a support having thereon a yellow coupler-containing silver halide emulsion layer, a magenta coupler-containing silver halide emulsion layer and a cyan coupler-containing silver halide emulsion layer, wherein each silver halide emulsion layer contains silver halide grains having a silver chloride content of not lower than 90 mol %, a yellow coupler in said yellow coupler-containing silver halide emulsion layer is coated in an amount of at least 1.1 mmol/m.sup.2, oil/coupler ratio by weight in the yellow coupler-containing silver halide emulsion layer is 0.32 or less and the magenta coupler-containing layer contains at least one magenta coupler represented by the following general formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.

Abstract: A photographic element comprises a light sensitive silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith a cyan dye-forming coupler dispersed in an organic solvent, the coupler having the formula: ##STR1## wherein A, B, and C are hydrogen or fluoride;X is selected from the group consisting of halogen, alkoxy and methyl groups;R is an aromatic or aliphatic group and n is 1 or 2;R' is a substituent group and m is from 0 to 4;COG is hydrogen or a coupling-off group capable of being split-off by an oxidized color developer; andwherein the substituent groups X, R, and R' are selected so as to ballast the coupler and keep it from wandering within the photographic elements.

Abstract: A photographic element comprises a light sensitive silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith a cyan dye-forming coupler dispersed in an organic solvent, the coupler having the formula: ##STR1## wherein A, B, and C are hydrogen or fluorine;X is selected from the group consisting of halogen, alkoxy and methyl groups;R is a straight chain aliphatic group which is unsubstituted or substituted with one or members selected from the group consisting of --F, --R", --OR", --SO.sub.2 R", --SO.sub.2 NHR", --CONHR", --COOR", --NHCOR", --NHSO.sub.2 R", and --OCOR" where R" is a primary or secondary alkyl group;R' is a substituent group and m is from 0 to 4;COG is hydrogen or a coupling-off group capable of being split-off by an oxidized color developer; andwherein the substituent groups X, R, and R' are selected so as to ballast the coupler and prevent it from wandering within the photographic coatings.

Abstract: The invention provides a photographic element comprising a light-sensitive photographic silver halide emulsion having associated therewith a coupler compound having the formula: ##STR1## wherein X represents a hydrogen atom or a coupling-off group;m is an integer from 0 to 4, n is 1 or 2, and p is an integer from 0 to 4; andA, B, and R each independently represent a substituent group.

Abstract: Color photographic materials comprise a substrate bearing a silver halide emulsion and a coupler composition comprising (a) a 2-phenylcarbamoyl-1-naphthol compound selected from the group consisting of development inhibitor releasing couplers and timed development inhibiting releasing couplers, and (b) a phenolic coupler solvent. The phenolic coupler solvent is employed to reduce dye density changes and/or dye hue changes resulting from cold storage of the photographic materials.

Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material has red-, green-, and blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layers, and the red-sensitive emulsion layer contains a cyan coupler and a yellow coupler with a relative coupling rate of 0.7 to 3.0 with respect to the cyan coupler. In addition, at least one layer may contain a specific DIR compound, the average silver iodide content of a silver halide emulsion contained in the red-sensitive silver halide emulsion may be higher than that of a silver halide emulsion contained in the green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, or at least one layer may contain a monodisperse silver halide grain emulsion with a grain diameter/grain thickness ratio of 2 to 8.

Abstract: Novel photographic silver halide materials contain dye-forming couplers represented by formula (I): ##STR1## wherein K is a coupler moiety based on pyrazolone, phenol, naphthol, enamine, or acylacetamide to which the ballast group is attached, are useful in photographic materials and processes. The containing the couplers exhibit increased coupling activity, and provide formation of dyes having improved maximum magenta image dye density, contrast, and development speed.

Abstract: A photographic element comprising a UV absorbing polymer latex which is loaded with a non-polymeric UV absorbing compound. The polymer is a homopolymer or heteropolymer comprising monomeric units containing a 2-hydroxybenzotriazole. The benzotriazole preferably is of the formula I: ##STR1## wherein: the phenyl ring and benzo ring are optionally additionally substituted; and one of m and n is 1, and M and N have the formula: ##STR2## wherein R3 is H or an alkyl group; L is a bivalent linking group; and p is 0 or 1. The elements may additionally have a polmer present (which is preferably different from the UV absorbing polymer) which has a glass transition temperature (T.sub.g) of less than 5.degree. C.

Abstract: A photographic element with particular polymeric ultraviolet absorbers. The ultraviolet absorbers have repeating units of the formula: ##STR1## wherein: X is O or NH;Y is H or halogen;R.sub.1 is selected from the group consisting of H, halogen, alkoxy , straight chain or branched alkyl group of 1 to 8 carbons;R.sub.2 is C.sub.2 -C.sub.10 alkylene which may be straight chain or branched; andR.sub.3 is H or CH.sub.3.Elements of the invention have good fresh Dmin and image dye stability, and the ultraviolet absorbers therein are highly light stable.

Abstract: An optical recording medium comprising a substrate and a thin organic film containing at least one kind of dye selected from polymethine family dyes, perylium family dyes, and cyanine family dyes, and a recording process comprising scanning the optical recording medium with a high intensity light beam such as a laser beam to form optically detectable pits on the recording medium.

Abstract: 8-hydroxyquinoline and 5-hydroxyquinoline compounds of the following formulae: ##STR1## , wherein: R.sub.1 is a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group with 8 to 30 carbon atoms;R.sub.2 is hydrogen or another substituent;X is a group capable of being released by a coupling reaction with an oxidized aromatic primary amine developing agent; andZ is a nonnucleophilic substituent or a group not capable of being eliminated during or following a coupling reaction with an oxidized color developerhave been found to be useful in photographic materials as cyan dye-forming couplers. A process in which a substituted aminophenol salt reacts with two molar equivalents of an enolizable aldehyde containing at least two a-substituted hydrogen atoms is used to make these couplers and other hydroxyquinoline compounds.

Abstract: There is disclosed a cyan dye-forming coupler represented by the following formula (I) and a silver halide color photographic material containing the same: formula (I) ##STR1## wherein R represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, or an aryl group having 6 to 20 carbon atoms, Y represents a group capable of substitution onto a benzene ring, Z represents a group capable of substitution onto a naphthalene ring, X represents a hydrogen atom or a coupling-off group, m is an integer of 0 to 4, and n is an integer of 0 to 4.

Abstract: There is disclosed a silver halide color photographic material comprising at least one sparingly water-soluble epoxy compound represented by formula (I), (II), or (III) and a silver halide emulsion layer which comprises high-silver-chloride grains containing metal ions and/or having silver bromide localized phases on the surface thereof, and/or that have been sensitized by a gold compound: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2, and R.sup.3 each represent a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group or a halogen atom; L.sup.1 and L.sup.2 each represent a divalent aliphatic group, which may be substituted or unsubstituted; M.sup.1 represents an oxygen atom or a nitrogen atom; A represents a polyvalent linking group; a, b, and c each are an integer of 0 to 4; x and y each are an actual number of 0 to 20; l is 1 or 2; and m represents an integer of 2 to 4.

Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material comprises a support having provided thereon at least one silver halide emulsion layer containing at least one pyrrolotriazole cyan coupler represented by the following Formula (I) or (II) and at least one phenol or 1-naphtol cyan coupler represented by the following Formulas (III), (IV), (V) and (VI): ##STR1## wherein Za and Zb each represents --C(R.sub.3).dbd. or --N.dbd.; R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 each independently represents an electron attractive group having a Hammett's substituent constant .sigma..sub.p of 0.2 or more and the sum of the .sigma..sub.p values of R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 is 0.65 or more; R.sub.

Abstract: Color photographic materials comprise a substrate bearing a silver halide emulsion and a coupler composition comprising (a) a 2-phenylcarbamoyl-1-naphthol compound selected from the group consisting of development inhibitor releasing couplers and timed development inhibiting releasing couplers, and (b) a carbonamide coupler solvent. The carbonamide coupler solvent is employed to reduce dye density changes and/or dye hue changes resulting from cold storage of the photographic materials.

Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material comprising a support having thereon at least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, wherein the light-sensitive material contains a yellow colored cyan coupler and an acylacetamide yellow dye forming coupler having an acyl moiety represented by the general formula (A): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 represents a univalent group, Q represents a group of non-metal atoms required to form, together with C, a three to five membered hydrocarbon ring or a three to five membered heterocyclic ring which has within the ring at least one hetero atom selected from among N, O, S and P, with the proviso that R.sub.1 is not a hydrogen atom and it does not join with Q to form a ring.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic material having on a support, at least one photosensitive silver halide emulsion layer, which contains a coupler which releases at least two groups selected from the group consisting of a photographically useful group and a precursor thereof via a timing group upon undergoing a coupling reaction with an oxidized product of a developing agent, in which a plurality of photographically useful groups or precursors thereof are present on different atoms of the timing group, provided that when the plurality of photographically useful groups have a different function to each other, the timing group is not a group utilizing an intramolecular nucleophilic substitution reaction.

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: The present invention offers a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material which is excellent in dye image storage stability, which undergoes little change in the photographic performance thereof between initiation and completion of continuous processing, which has excellent color reproducibility and sufficient color developability. The present invention comprises a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material having at least one silver halide emulsion layer containing a dye-forming coupler on the support, wherein said silver halide emulsion layer contains at least one compound having an ester group and an oxidation potential of not more than 1800 mV.