Abstract: A compound (I) having a carrier moiety (CAR) and a releasable development inhibitor moiety (INH) capable of being released during photographic processing by means of at least one timing group (T) bonded to and releasable from the carrier moiety provides improved images in a photographic silver halide element and process when the inhibitor moiety (INH) comprises (R.sup.1) a non-aromatic, sterically hindered substituent group having (a) a tertiary carbon atom bonded directly to the releasable development inhibitor moiety or (b) a secondary carbon atom bonded directly to the releasable development inhibitor moiety and wherein the secondary carbon atom is not part of an unsubstituted carbocyclic ring containing at least 6 carbon atoms. Such compounds, particularly as couplers, are useful in photographic silver halide materials and processes to provide improved acutance and interimage effects.

Abstract: This invention provides a photographic element containing a polymer layer which reflects a development inhibitor or its precursor released from a DIR compound thereby retarding the diffusion of the development inhibitor to another layer. The polymers used in the barrier layer contain from about 1.times.10.sup.-5 to about 4.times.10.sup.-3 ion forming functional groups. The preferred polymers comprise repeating units of the formula --(A).sub.m -(B).sub.n -- with A derived from a hydrophobic monomer and B derived from an ionic hydrophilic monomer with the more preferred monomers being acrylates, methacrylates, acrylamides and methacrylamides. The invention also provides a method of processing a photographic element containing such a barrier layer.

Abstract: Disclosed is a silver halide photographic material containing a compound of a general formula (1) or (2):ED-(Time).sub.t -Y-L-Z (1)wherein ED represents a group that releases the moiety (Time).sub.t -Y-L-Z by reaction with an oxidation product of a developing agent; Time represents a divalent linking group; t represents 0 or 1; Y represents a divalent group comprising a hetero atom through which Y bonds to the moiety ED-(Time).sub.t ; L represents a divalent group which is capable of being cleaved by reaction with components in a developer; and Z represents a monovalent functional group that expresses a development inhibiting effect; ##STR1## wherein Time, t, L and Z have the same meanings as above; Y represents a divalent group comprising a hetero atom through which Y bonds to the moiety ##STR2## R.sub.1 represents an aliphatic group or an aromatic group; G.sub.1 represents is ##STR3## G.sub.2 represents a mere bond, --O--, --S-- or ##STR4## R.sub.2 has the same meaning as R.sub.

Abstract: A photographic silver halide material and process comprises at least one image dye-forming coupler and at least one coupler (A) represented by the formula SOL-COUP-LINK-PUG wherein SOL is a water solubilizing amide group, COUP is a naphtholic coupler moiety that, upon reaction with oxidized developer is capable of releasing LINK-PUG and capable of forming a compound that is washed out of the photographic material during photographic processing; LINK-PUG is in turn capable of releasing a photographically useful group (PUG) during photographic processing; and wherein LINK is a carbamate linking group comprising a photographic ballast group on the nitrogen atom of the carbamate group. Such a photographic silver halide material enables formation of improved images.

Abstract: A photographic coupler (A) capable, upon oxidative coupling, of forming a dye that can be washed out of a photographic element containing the coupler upon processing, comprises, in the coupling position, a coupling-off group that comprises, in sequence, a releasable ballasted carbamate timing group and a releasable benzotriazole, triazole or tetrazole development inhibitor group. Such a coupler is useful in photographic silver halide materials and processes to provide improved images.

Abstract: A novel blocked photographically useful compound element and process are based on a new blocking group that comprises a beta-ketocarbonyl group that is part of a 5- to 7-member heterocyclic ring containing a hetero-atom not adjacent to the beta-ketocarbonyl group. Such a blocked photographically useful compound provides a photographic material and process enabling more rapid release of the photographically useful group upon processing.

Abstract: A negative-working type silver halide photographic material comprising a support having thereon at least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing a hydrazine derivative, wherein the emulsion layer or another hydrophilic colloidal layer provided on the support contains at least one redox compound capable of releasing a development inhibitor upon oxidation, and the silver halide emulsion comprises of monodispersed silver halide grains comprising 50 mol % or more of silver chloride.

Abstract: A compound used as a silver halide photographic light sensitive material for releasing a photographically useful group (PUG) by the reaction with an oxidized developing compound during the developing process is disclosed.The compound has several timing groups so that the releasing can be controlled by several steps of the reactions to meet a required timing.The compound can be modified with various kinds of substituents so that the width of the reacting area is controlled.

Abstract: A method of processing a silver halide color photographic material is disclosed, comprising a support having provided thereon at least one light-sensitive emulsion layer, which comprises the steps of color developing the material with a developer to which a replenisher is added and bleaching the developed material, wherein the material contains a coupler represented by the following general formula (I) and the amount of replenisher added to the color developer is 600 ml or less per m.sup.2 of the material: ##STR1## wherein A represents a coupler group, and when A is a phenol or naphthol coupler group, n is 1, and when A is any other coupler group, n is 0; and R represents an alkyl group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, or a pyridyl group. Images having excellent photographic characteristics are obtained by the method even though the amount of the replenisher is reduced.

Abstract: A novel silver halide color photographic material is provided comprising on a support at least one blue-sensitive layer, one green-sensitive layer and one red-sensitive layer, wherein said blue-sensitive layer comprises at least one yellow dye-forming coupler represented by the following general formula (1) and/or (2) and said green-sensitive layer comprises at least one magenta dye-forming coupler represented by the following general formula (M): ##STR1## wherein X.sub.1 and X.sub.2 each represents an alkyl group, an aryl group or a heterocyclic group; X.sub.3 represents an organic residue which forms a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic group together with >N--; Y represents an aryl group or a heterocyclic group; and Z represents a group which separates from the remainder of the molecule when the coupler undergoes a reaction with an oxidation product of a developing agent; ##STR2## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.

Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material is provided comprising on a support at least one silver halide emulsion layer containing at least one of the compounds represented by formulae (I) to (III): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.11 represents ##STR2## in which R.sub.13 represents an alkyl, aryl or heterocyclic group, and R.sub.14 and R.sub.15 each represents hydrogen, alkyl group or aryl group; R.sub.12 represents a substituent having a Hammett's substituent constant .sigma.p of 0.3 or less; n represents an integer 0 to 2, and when n is 2, the two R.sub.12 's may be the same or different; B represents a group which releases PUG after being separated from a hydroquinone nucleus; PUG represents a development inhibitor; l represents an integer; and A and A' each represents hydrogen or a group capable of being removed by an alkali; R.sub.11 and R.sub.12, R.sub.11 and A or A', R.sub.12 and A or A', and two R.sub.12 's may together form a ring; ##STR3## wherein Q.sup.

Abstract: A diffusion transfer-type silver halide color photographic photosensitive material comprising a support, having thereon at least a photosensitive thermally developable silver halide, a binder, a dye donating compound which is fast to diffusion and which forms or releases a diffusible dye, a development inhibitor releasing compound which releases a development inhibitor and a compound represented by formula (I)R.sup.1 --Y--O--H [I]wherein R.sup.1 represents an alkyl group, an aryl group, an alkylamino group, an arylamino group, an alkoxy group, an aryloxy group, a heterocyclic residual group or a polymer residual group of said groups, Y represents ##STR1## or --SO.sub.2 --NR.sup.2 -- and R.sup.2 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group or an acyl group, and R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 may be joined together to form a five or eight membered ring is disclosed.

Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material is disclosed. The light-sensitive material is excellent in reproducibility of blue-green or green colored photographic subject. The light-sensitive material has a blue-sensitive layer, green-sensitive layer and a red-sensitive layer. The blue-sensitive layer has the maximum spectral sensitivity at a wavelength within the range of 415 to 470 nm and the spectral sensitivity at 480 nm of the blue-sensitive layer is not more than 35% of the maximum sensitivity. The green-sensitive layer has the maximum spectral sensitivity at a wavelength within the range of 530 nm to 560 nm and the spectral sensitivity at 500 nm of the green-sensitive layer is not less than 25% of the maximum sensitivity.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic material comprising at least one silver halide emulsion layer on a support, characterized in that there is contained a compound represented by the general formula ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 each represents a hydrogen atom, aliphatic group, aromatic group or heterocyclic group, with the proviso that R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 may be connected to each other to form a ring; L represents a divalent linking group; V represents a carbonyl group, ##STR2## group, sulfonyl group, sulfoxy group, ##STR3## group (in which R.sub.0 represents an alkoxy group or aryloxy group), iminomethylene group or thiocarbonyl group; Time represents a divalent linking group; m represents an integer 0 or 1; n represents an integer 0 or 1; PUG represents a photographically useful group; and X represents an atomic group required to form a 5- or 6-membered ring with ##STR4## wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.

Abstract: Disclosed is a silver halide photographic material comprising a support, having thereon at least one silver halide emulsion layer, wherein there is contained in the silver halide emulsion layer or other hydrophilic colloid layer a compound of which an oxidized form is produced in accordance with development of the silver halide and is capable of releasing a photographically useful group by means of a conjugated addition-elimination mechanism due to an intramolecular nucleophilic group attack.

Abstract: Couplers corresponding to formula I below used in multilayer color photographic recording materials are suitable for the release of photographically active compounds. ##STR1## In formula I above, A represents the residue of a coupler which, as a consequence of a reaction with the oxidation product of a silver halide developer under the photographic development conditions, releases a radical corresponding to the following formula ##STR2## Time represents a bond which, on reaction of the coupler with the oxidation product of a silver halide developer, is released together with the triazole ring attached thereto and, in turn, releases the triazole ring with delay under the development conditions;n=0, 1 or 2;R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 represent any substituents, provided the compound of formula II ##STR3## as a whole is a photographically active compound after release.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic material comprising a support having thereon at least one silver halide emulsion layer, wherein the silver halide photographic material contains at least one compound represented by formula (I): ##STR1## wherein ED represents a group capable of releasing (Time).sub.t -Ind upon a reaction with an oxidation product of a developing agent; Time represents a divalent linking group; t represents 0 to 1; and Ind represents a group represented by formula (II): ##STR2## wherein X represents a monovalent group; and s represents an integer of from 0 to 4.The compound represented by formula (I) is excellent in preservability and rapidly releases a development inhibitor.The silver halide photographic material provides an ultrahigh contrast image using a highly stable developing solution and is particularly suitable for use in photomechanical processes.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic material which comprises a support having provided thereon at least one light-sensitive emulsion layer, and which contains in said emulsion layer, or at least one other layer, at least one hydrazine derivative, at least one contrast enhancing agent and at least one redox compound capable of releasing a development inhibitor upon being oxidized. The hydrazine derivative is exemplified by compounds represented by the following formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 represents an aliphatic group or an aromatic group; R.sub.2 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group, an alkoxy group, an aryloxy group, an amino group, a carbamoyl group or an oxycarbonyl group; G.sub.1 represents a carbonyl group, a sulfonyl group, a sulfoxy group, ##STR2## or an iminomethylene group; and A.sub.1 and A.sub.2 both represent a hydrogen atom, or, alternatively, one of them represents a hydrogen atom and the other represents an alkylsulfonyl group, an arylsulfonyl group, or an acyl group.

Abstract: A silver halide color light-sensitive material containing a coupler represented by formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 represents a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group; R.sub.2 and R.sub.3, same or different, each represent a group capable of substituting a benzene ring; Y represents a halogen atom, an alkoxy group, an alkoxycarbonyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, an alkylthio group, an aryloxy group, an alkylsulfonyl group, an arylthio group, or a carbamoyl group; X represents an organic residue necessary to form a substituted or unsubstituted 5- or 6-membered nitrogen-containing heterocyclic ring together with the nitrogen atom; l represents 0 or an integer of from 1 to 5; and m represents 0 or an integer of from 1 to 4.The coupler of formula (I) is excellent in dye image stability.

Abstract: Disclosed is a silver halide photographic material comprising a support having thereon at least one layer containing a compound represented by general formula (I): ##STR1## wherein EAG represents an electron-accepting group; A represents a group which undergoes a reaction triggered by the cleavage of the oxygen-nitrogen single bond in the general formula to release PUG; B represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group, an aralkyl group, an aryl group, a heterocylic group, an acyl group, a sulfonyl group, a carbamoyl group, a sulfamoyl group, an alkoxycarbonyl group, an aryloxycarbonyl group, an alkoxysulfonyl group or an aryloxysulfonyl group which may contain substituents; the solid lines indicate a single bond; the broken lines indicate that either of these line is a bond, with the proviso that when the broken line between N and A represents a bond, B is not present; EAG and B, and A and B may be connected to each other to form a ring; EAG may be connected to a polymer residue to fix the compound of general f

Abstract: A silver halide photographic material comprising a support having thereon at least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, wherein the silver halide photographic material contains at least one photographic agent represented by the following formula (I): ##STR1## wherein X represents a hydrogen atom or a group capable of forming a hydrogen atom upon hydrolysis; Time represents a divalent linking group; PUG represents a photographically useful group; V represents ##STR2## wherein R.sub.0 represents n alkoxy group or an aryloxy group, ##STR3## an iminomethylene group or ##STR4## R.sub.1 represents a hydrogen atom, an aliphatic group, an aromatic group, a heterocyclic group, an alkoxy group, an aryloxy group, an amino group or --CHR.sub.2 --(Time).sub.m PUG; R.sub.2 represents a hydrogen atom, an aliphatic group, an aromatic group or a heterocyclic group; m represents 0 or 1; and n represents 0 or 1.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic material having on a support a first light-sensitive layer containing a light-sensitive silver halide emulsion and a second light-sensitive layer containing a light-sensitive silver halide emulsion, wherein the first light-sensitive layer and/or a hydrophilic colloid layer contains a hydrazine compound, the second light-sensitive layer contains a redox compound capable of releasing a development inhibitor by oxidation, and the sensitivity of the first light-sensitive layer is higher by 0.2 to 1.0 than that of the second light-sensitive layer.

Abstract: A negative silver halide photographic material comprising a support having thereon at least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing a silver halide emulsion containing regular silver halide grains containing from 0.3 mol % to 3.0 mol % of silver iodide, the silver halide grains being produced by conversion of silver halide host grains using high silver iodide silver halide grains having a silver iodide content of at least 90 mol % in an amount sufficient to provide from 0.1 mol % to 2.5 mol % of silver iodide based on the total silver halide content of the silver halide host grains and the high silver iodide grains.The photographic material containing silver halide grains having a novel structure provides a negative image having excellent photographic characteristics, particularly high sensitivity and ultrahigh contrast.A method of forming an ultrahigh contrast image which is excellent in line image quality using a stable developing solution is also disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a silver halide color photographic material, which contains a novel yellow coupler of formula (I) in at least one hydrophilic colloid layer which is provided on a support, ##STR1## where R.sup.1 represents a non-metallic atomic group necessary for forming a 5-membered unsaturated hetero ring together with a residue of ##STR2## in the formula; R.sup.2 represents a hydrogen atom, an aliphatic group, an aromatic group, or a heterocyclic group; R.sup.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic material comprising a support having thereon at least one sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, wherein said emulsion layer comprises a monodisperse emulsion and said emulsion layer or other hydrophilic colloid layer contains at least one hydrazine derivative and at least one redox compound capable of releasing a development inhibitor when oxidized.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic material suitable for photomechanical process is disclosed, which has at least one silver halide photographic emulsion hydrophilic colloid layer and contains at least one redox compound capable of releasing a development inhibitor by oxidation and at least one compound of general formula (I') in the photographic emulsion layer or in at least one other hydrophilic colloid layer: ##STR1## wherein the variable terms are as defined in the specification.

Abstract: A silver halide color photographic photo-sensitive material comprises a support, and a layer arrangement formed on the support. The layer arrangement includes a red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing a color coupler capable of forming cyan dye upon reacting with an oxidation product of a developing agent, a green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing a color coupler capable of forming magenta dye upon reacting with the oxidation product of the developing agent, and a blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing a color coupler capable of forming yellow dye upon reacting with the oxidation product of the developing agent. The red-sensitive layer has a sensitivity at 650 nm of 50% or less of its maximum sensitivity, and contains substantially no magenta-colored couplers.

Abstract: A chitosan or chitin compound having a photographically useful residue. There is also disclosed a method for processing a silver halide photographic material which comprises processing a silver halide photographic material comprising a support having thereon at least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer in the presence of said chitosan or chitin compound represented by the following general formula (I) ##STR1## wherein the substituents are defined in the instant specification.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic material comprising;a support; at least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing a hydrazine derivative on the support; at least one hydrophilic colloid layer containing a redox compound capable of releasing a development inhibitor upon oxidation; and a developing agent incorporated, at least, into the at least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer or the at least one hydrophilic colloid layer and a method for forming an image which comprises the steps of imagewise exposing to light the silver halide photographic material described above; and developing the exposed material with a developing solution having a sulfite ion concentration of at least about 0.15 mol/l and a pH of from about 10.5 to about 12.3.

Abstract: A method for processing a silver halide color photographic material is described, comprising a support having thereon at least one of a light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer and an adjacent layer thereof containing, at least one compound represented by the formula (V), wherein said silver halide color photographic material is subjected to a color-developing-process with a color developing solution which a replenisher is replenished in an amount of 700 ml or less per m.sup.2 of the silver halide color photographic material: ##STR1## wherein A represents a coupler residue; R.sub.11 represents a divalent aliphatic group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms; and R.sub.12 and R.sub.13 each represents an aliphatic group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms.According to the method of processing a silver halide color photographic material, processing performance does not change in spite of the reduced replenishing amount of color developing solution.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic material which provides a negative image contains a compound represented by formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R represents an aliphatic group, an aromatic group, or a heterocyclic group; Z represents a development inhibitor group containing an anionic functional group as a partial structure; "Time" represents a divalent group; and n is 0 or 1.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic material which contains (a) at least one redox compound capable of releasing a development inhibitor by oxidation and (b) at least one compound represented by the following general formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 represents an aliphatic group, an aromatic group, or a heterocyclyl group; L.sub.1 represents a divalent organic group; X.sub.1 represents a hydrogen atom, an aliphatic group, an aromatic group, or a heterocyclyl group; and Y.sub.1 represents --O--, --SO.sub.2 NH-- or ##STR2## where Y.sub.

Abstract: A photographic silver halide element comprises a combination of a first coupler that is capable of releasing a development inhibitor moiety during photographic processing that enhances development inhibition and a second coupler that enables release of a bleach accelerator group upon processing. The photographic silver halide element is useful in photographic imaging.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic material is disclosed, which has at least one compound represented general formula (1): ##STR1## wherein R represents an aliphatic group, an aromatic group, or a heterocyclic group; both L and Time represent a divalent organic group; t represents 0 or 1; PUG represents a photographically useful group; Y represents --SO.sub.2 --, --Y'--SO.sub.2 --, or ##STR2## and Y' represents --O--, --NH--, or ##STR3## The material has a broad exposure latitude in line image-taking work and has a high resolving power in the work. It can form an ultrahard image having a high gamma value of 10 or more. The material may excellently reproduce a line original to form an ultrahard image having a high background density. It also has a broad exposure latitude in halftone dot image-taking work and can form a halftone dot image having ultrahigh contrast with high image quality.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic material composed of a support having thereon at least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, at least one layer of the material containing a compound represented by formula (I): ##STR1## wherein X represents hydrogen or a group capable of providing hydrogen upon hydrolysis; Time represents a divalent linking group; t is 0 or 1; PUG represents a photographically useful group; V represents a carbonyl group, a sulfonyl group, a sulfoxy group, an iminomethylene group, ##STR2## wherein W represents an electrophilic group, or V represents ##STR3## wherein R.sub.0 represents an alkoxy group or an aryloxy group; and R represents hydrogen, an aliphatic group, an aromatic group or ##STR4## wherein PUG, Time, t, and W are as defined above. The redox compound is capable of releasing a photographically useful reagent using any conventional developing agent, has excellent storage stability, and provides rapid release of the photographically useful reagent.

Abstract: Significant improvement in color reproduction can be achieved by a direct positive silver halide color photographic material having at least one each of a blue-sensitive, green-sensitive and a red-sensitive direct positive silver halide emulsion layer, in which material at least one of said direct positive silver halide emulsion layer contains both silver chloride or a silver halide composed of silver chlorobromide or silver chloroiodobromide containing no less than 50 mol % of AgCl, and a specific compound that is capable of reacting with the oxidation product of a developing agent to release a specific compound capable of scavenging said oxidation product or a precursor of said scavenging compound.

Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material is described, comprising a support having disposed thereon at least one layer each of blue sensitive silver halide emulsion, green sensitive silver halide emulsion and red sensitive silver halide emulsion layer units, wherein at least one of (a) a compound which upon reaction with an oxidized developing agent forms a compound which on oxidation forms a development inhibitor or a precursor thereof and (b) a compound which upon reaction with an oxidized developing agent forms a precursor of a compound which on oxidation forms a development inhibitor or a precursor thereof, and (c) a compound which on reaction with an oxidized developing agent releases a development inhibitor or a precursor thereof are incorporated in the same color sensitive layer or in the same non-sensitive layer.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic material which has at least one photosensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing a hydrazine derivative, and in which said emulsion layer and/or a hydrophilic colloid layer which is different from said emulsion layer contains a redox compound which release a development inhibitor when it is oxidized and an organic compound which is a melting-pointlowering agent which is essentially insoluble in water and which has the effect of lowering the melting point of said redox compound when the former has been mixed with the latter.

Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material comprising a support having thereon at least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, wherein the light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer contains at least one monodispersed emulsion having a particle size distribution such that a coefficient of variation with respect to a particle diameter of silver halide grains, S/r (wherein S represents a standard deviation regarding to a particle diameter and r represents an average particle diameter) is not more than about 0.25, and the silver halide color photographic material contains at least one primary compound capable of releasing, upon a reaction with an oxidation product of a developing agent, a secondary compound which is capable of further releasing a development inhibitor upon a reaction with another molecule of an oxidation product of a developing agent.The silver halide color photographic material is excellent in sharpnes, graininess and color reproducibility and has a broad exposure latitude.

Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material is disclosed, comprising a support having thereon at least one silver halide emulsion layer, which contains at least one compound represented by formula (I) in the silver halide emulsion layer or in a light-insensitive hydrophilic colloid layer: ##STR1## wherein X represents a divalent linking group connected to the carbon atom through a hetero atom in X;Z represents a bleach accelerating agent moiety connected to X through a hetero atom in Z;W represents .dbd.N-- or ##STR2## (wherein Y represents a hydrogen atom or another substituent); A represents an atomic group necessary to form an aromatic heterocyclic ring containing 3 or more hetero atoms, provided that when W represents ##STR3## the group adjacent to W is a group except for ##STR4## (wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, R.sub.4 and R.sub.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic material composed of a support having thereon at least one silver halide photosensitive emulsion layer, at least one layer of the material containing a blocked photographic reagent precursor represented by formula (I): ##STR1## wherein X.sub.1 represents a divalent linking group containing a hetero atom bonded to the carbon atom, provided that X.sub.1 is linked to the carbon atom by a group other than ##STR2## PUG represents a photographically useful group containing a hetero atom bonded to X.sub.1 ; W represents .dbd.N-- or ##STR3## Y.sub.1 represents hydrogen or a group capable of being substituted; Z represents an atomic group necessary for forming a heterocyclic ring, provided that when W represents a ##STR4## the group adjacent to W in the heterocyclic ring is a group other than ##STR5## wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, R.sub.4 and R.sub.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic material comprising a support and at least one silver halide emulsion layer on the support, wherein at least one compound represented by general formula (I) is contained in the silver halide emulsion layer or another hydrophilic colloid layer:A--B m(I)wherein A represents a blocking group capable of releasing B during processing, and B represents a group capable of releasing a residual color improving agent which satisfies Condition 1 after being released from A--B, and is linked to A via a hetero atom in B.Condition 1:When a 2 ml aqueous solution of 4.0.times.10.sup.-4 mole/l of anyhydro-5,5'-dichloro-9-ethyl-3,3'-bis(3-sulfopropyl)-thiacarbocyanine hydroxide.pyridinium salt is mixed with a 1 ml aqueous solution of 1.0.times.10.sup.-1 mole/l of potassium chloride, and 4 ml of an aqueous solution of 8.0.times.10.sup.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic material comprising a support having thereon a hydrophilic colloid layer which contains gelatin and wherein the hydrophilic colloid layer contains fine polymer particles which contains a redox compound which is capable of releasing a development inhibitor by oxidation, and a hydrazine compound, which is not the same as the redox compound, is contained in the hydrophilic colloid layer and/or in another hydrophilic colloid layer.

Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material comprising at least one layer of, respectively, a blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing a yellow color coupler, a green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing a magenta color coupler, and a red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing a cyan color coupler, on a support; wherein a specific coupler is contained in at least one of the above-mentioned photosensitive silver halide emulsion layer, and wherein chemically sensitized silver halide grains are contained in at least one of the above-mentioned silver halide emulsion layers and are composed of grains with an interior core part consisting of a silver halide containing 10 to 40 mol % of silver iodide, wherein the core part is covered with a silver halide of a lower silver iodide content, and the surface of the grains, when analyzed by means of the XPS (X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy) surface analysis method, consist of a silver halide containing greater than 5 mol % of silver

Abstract: There is disclosed a heat-developable color light-sensitive material having an excellent preservability and capable of providing images having a superior discrimination and only a slight fluctuation of Dmin against that of the development conditions. The material comprises a support having thereon a light-sensitive silver halide, a dye donor and a compound represented by following Formula I: ##STR1## wherein X represents a group capable of splitting off in heat-development; Y represents the group of atoms necessary to form 5- or 6-membered heterocyclic ring; Z represents a substituent; and n represents an integer of 0 to 4.

Abstract: Disclosed is a silver halide color photographic material comprising at least one yellow coupler-containing silver halide emulsion layer (BL) spectrally sensitized such that the specific spectral sensitivity range falls within the scope of from 400 nm to 520 nm, at least one magenta coupler-containing silver halide emulsion layer (GL) spectrally sensitized such that the specific spectral sensitivity range falls within the scope of from 470 nm to 620 nm, and at least one cyan coupler-containing silver halide emulsion layer (RL) spectrally sensitized such that the specific spectral sensitivity range falls within the scope of from 540 nm to 700 nm, wherein the center of gravity of the sensitivity wavelength of the GL's spectral sensitivity distribution (.lambda..sub.G) falls within the range of from about 520 nm to about 580 nm, the center of gravity of the sensitivity wavelength of the RL's spectral sensitivity distribution (.lambda..sub.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic material containing a compound having a structure represented by formula (I) ##STR1## wherein EAG represents a group capable of accepting an electron from a reducing material; E represents an electron-attracting group; R.sup.3 represents an atomic group necessary for forming a 5-membered to 8-membered single ring or condensed ring by combining with the carbon atom carrying EAG and E; ETG represents an electron-transmitting group; n represents 0 or 1; R.sup.1 and R.sup.2, which may be the same or different, each represents a hydrogen atom, a hydrocarbon group, a heterocyclic group, or a single bond for forming a ring with EAG; Time represents a group releasing PUG upon cleavage of the bond between the carbon atom carrying R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 and Time; t represents 0 or 1; and PUG represents a photographically useful group.

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 a compound represented by the following general formula (I):A--(L).sub.l --B (I)wherein A represents a group whose bond to (L).sub.l --B is capable of being cleaved upon reaction with an oxidation product of a developing agent; L represents a group whose bond to B is capable of being cleaved after being cleaved from A; B represents a 5-membered, 6-membered or 7-membered nitrogen-containing unsaturated heterocyclic group which has 2 to 6 carbon atoms, which is connected to A-(L).sub.l at the nitrogen atom, and which has a sulfonamido group and a development inhibitor group or a precursor thereof on the ring carbon atoms; l represents an integer of 0 to 2, and when l represents 2, the two L's may be the same or different. The silver halide color photographic material has excellent sharpness and color reproducibility.

Abstract: There are described color photographic elements containing novel release compounds which rapidly release a photographically useful group, such as a development inhibitor, from a timing group.

Abstract: A color light-sensitive material is provided, comprising on a support at least a light-sensitive silver halide, a binder, a dye providing substance which provides a mobile dye in inverse-relationship to the reduction reaction of silver ion to silver, and a development inhibitor precursor of the general formula (I):PWR--Time--.sub.t AF (I)wherein PWR represents a group which releases (Time--hd tAF by being reduced; AF represents a group which serves as a development inhibitor after being released; Time represents a group which releases AF through a reaction following the release of --Time--.sub.t AF from PWR; and t represents an integer of 0 or 1.