JP2881329B2 - Color photographic photosensitive material with excellent hue reproducibility - Google Patents

Description

Description: TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a color photographic light-sensitive material, and more particularly, to a color photographic light-sensitive material having excellent hue reproducibility.

[Conventional technology]

In recent years, the image quality of silver halide multilayer color photographic light-sensitive materials has been remarkably improved.

That is, in recent color photographic light-sensitive materials, the three major factors of image quality, that is, graininess, sharpness, and color reproducibility, are all at a considerably high level. For example, with regard to general color photographs, it is generally thought that color prints and slide photographs obtained by a user do not have any major complaints.

However, among the above three factors, especially for color reproducibility, color purity has been improved, but for colors that have been conventionally said to be difficult to reproduce in photographs,
Even today, the situation has not changed much. That is, the hue reproducibility still has many insufficient points. For example, greenish colors such as violet and bluish violet, or bluish green and yellowish green, which reflect light having a wavelength longer than 600 nm, are reproduced in colors completely different from the real ones, and may disappoint users.

Major factors relating to color reproducibility include spectral sensitivity distribution and interlayer effect (inter-image effect).

The following is known about the interimage effect. That is, in a silver halide multilayer color photographic light-sensitive material, it is known to add a compound which forms a development inhibitor or a precursor thereof by coupling with an oxidized color developing agent, and is released from this so-called DIR compound. It is known that by suppressing the development of other color-forming layers with a development inhibitor, an inter-image effect is produced and an effect of improving color reproducibility is produced.

In a color negative film, an effect similar to the inter-image effect can be obtained by using a colored coupler in an amount larger than an amount that cancels unnecessary absorption.

However, when the colored coupler is frequently used, the minimum density of the film increases, so that it is very difficult to determine the correction of the color and density at the time of printing, and as a result,
Often the resulting prints have poor color quality.

By the way, these techniques contribute to the improvement of color purity among color reproducibility. The so-called diffusive DIR, which has recently been frequently used and has a large mobility of its precursor, has greatly contributed to the improvement of the color purity. However, it is difficult to control the direction of the inter-image effect, and although the color purity can be increased, there is a disadvantage that the hue is changed. No. 4,725,529).

On the other hand, regarding the spectral sensitivity distribution, U.S. Pat.
No. 8 discloses an appropriate spectral sensitivity distribution for reducing variation in color reproducibility due to a difference in light source at the time of shooting.

However, this is for the colors with poor hue reproduction described above.
It is not a means to improve its color reproducibility.

Also, as previously known in the art, by shifting the spectral sensitivity distribution of the red-sensitive layer by a short wavelength, the reproduction of hues such as blue-violet and violet is improved. This is disclosed in
No. -20926 and JP-A-59-131937, the methods described therein have the following problems. That is, in the technical means described in these conventional documents,
There is a problem that the color purity of red is reduced.

Such reduction in red color purity can be improved by using a DIR coupler to enhance the inter-image effect from and / or to the red-sensitive layer, but if sufficient improvement is to be made, Another problem is that red is reproduced in vermilion or near vermilion.

As an example of a technique combining such a spectral sensitivity distribution and the inter-image effect, there is a technique disclosed in JP-A-61-34541. Attempts have been made to improve it, and it is likely that some benefits will be obtained. As a typical example, not only the conventional inter-image effect from the center-of-gravity wavelength of each of the blue-sensitive layer, the green-sensitive layer, and the red-sensitive layer, but also the inter-image effect from other than the center-of-gravity wavelength of each color-sensitive layer. That is.

Although this technique is considered to be effective to some extent in improving the hue reproducibility of a specific color, specifically, in order to exhibit the inter-image effect, the original blue-sensitive, green-sensitive and red-sensitive photosensitive layers are used. In addition, an inter-image effect-exhibiting layer and another type of photosensitive silver halide are required, resulting in a high production cost due to an increase in the amount of silver and an increase in the number of production steps. And the effect was not sufficient.

[Purpose of expression]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a silver halide color light-sensitive material capable of faithfully achieving a blue-violet hue without compromising red hue reproducibility.

[Configuration of the invention]

As a result of intensive studies, the present inventors have found that the object of the present invention can be achieved with the following configuration.

That is, on a support, at least one red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer (hereinafter, also referred to as “red-sensitive layer”) and a green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer (hereinafter, referred to as “green-sensitive layer”). ), And a red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer (hereinafter, also referred to as “red-sensitive layer” as appropriate) in a color photographic light-sensitive material, the spectral sensitivity distribution of the red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer is the highest. A sensitivity wavelength λ _R is 595 nm ≦ λ _R ≦ 625 nm, and at least one of the red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layers contains a yellow coupler, and a yellow coupler is added to the red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer. The amount of the cyan coupler used in the red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer is 1/5 to 1/20 of that of the cyan coupler. .

 Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in more detail.

In the present invention, the spectral sensitivity distribution refers to 400n
Exposure is performed with spectral light at intervals of several nm from m to 700 nm, the exposure amount that gives a constant density at each wavelength is the sensitivity at each wavelength, and the sensitivity is a function of wavelength.

In the present invention, an appropriate means can be arbitrarily used to make the spectral sensitivity distribution of the red-sensitive layer the configuration of the present invention described above. For example, such a spectral sensitivity distribution can be obtained by using a spectral sensitizing dye.

When adjusting the spectral sensitivity distribution using a spectral sensitizing dye in the present invention, the amount of the spectral sensitizing dye is not limited, depending on the type of dye used and the design of the photosensitive material, etc.
An appropriate amount may be used to obtain a desired spectral sensitivity distribution.

The spectral sensitizing dye used is not limited, but good results can be obtained, for example, by a combination of spectral sensitizing dyes as described below.

That is, in order to make the spectral sensitivity distribution of the red-sensitive layer within the range of the present invention, this can be achieved by using various means, but the red-sensitive emulsion is prepared by the sensitization represented by the following general formula (I). At least one kind of dye, and the following general formulas (II) and (II)
It is preferable to achieve this by performing spectral sensitization in combination with at least one of the sensitizing dyes represented by I).

General formula (I) In the general formula (I), R ¹ represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group or an aryl group, and R ² and R ³ each represent an alkyl group. Y ¹ and Y ² each represent a sulfur atom or a selenium atom.

Next, Z ¹ , Z ² , Z ³ and Z ⁴ are each a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a hydroxyl group, an alkoxy group, an amino group, an acyl group, an acylamino group, an acyloxy group, an alkoxycarbonyl group, an alkoxycarbonylamino group, an aryl Represents an aryloxy group, an aryloxycarbonyl group, a sulfonyl group, a carbamoyl group, an alkyl group or a cyano group. Z ¹ and Z ² and / or Z ³ and Z ⁴ may be linked to each other to form a ring. X ₁ is
Represents a cation. m represents an integer of 1 or 2, and when the sensitizing dye forms an internal salt, m represents 1.

General formula (II) In the above general formula (II), R ⁴ represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group or an aryl group, and R ⁵ , R ⁶ , R ⁷ and R ⁸ each represent an alkyl group.

Y ³ represents a nitrogen atom, a sulfur atom or a selenium atom. When Y ³ is a sulfur atom or a selenium atom, it does not have the above R ⁵ .

Next, Z ⁵ , Z ⁶ , Z ⁷ and Z ⁸ are each a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a hydroxyl group, an alkoxy group, an amino group, an acyl group, an acylamino group, an acyloxy group, an aryloxy group, an alkoxycarbonyl group, an aryloxy group. Represents a carbonyl group, an alkoxycarbonylamino group, a carbamoyl group, an aryl group, an alkyl group, a cyano group or a sulfonyl group. Z ⁵ and Z ⁶ and / or Z ⁷ and Z ⁸ may be linked to each other to form a ring. Also Z ₂
Represents a cation. n represents an integer of 1 or 2, and when the sensitizing dye forms an internal salt, n represents 1.

General formula (III) In the formula, Y ⁴ represents a sulfur atom or a selenium atom, and R ¹⁸ represents a hydrogen atom, a low alkyl group (eg, methyl, ethyl, propyl, etc.), an aryl group, (eg, a phenyl group).
R ¹⁹ and R ²⁰ represent a lower alkyl group (for example, methyl, ethyl, butyl and the like, and a substituted group such as sulfoethyl, carboxylpropyl, sulfobutyl, etc.).
Z ¹⁷ , Z ¹⁸ , Z ¹⁹ and Z ²⁰ each represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom (eg, chlorine, bromine, iodine, fluorine), a hydroxyl group, an alkoxy group (eg, methoxy, ethoxy,
Propoxy, butoxy, etc.), amino group (for example, amino,
Methylamino, dimethylamino, diethylamino, etc.),
Acylamino groups (for example, acetamide, propionamide,
Butylamide, etc.), acyloxy group (eg, acetoxy, propionoxy, etc.), alkoxycarbonyl group (eg, ethoxycarbonyl, propoxycarbonyl, etc.), alkoxycarbonylamino group (eg, ethoxycarbonylamino, propoxycarbonylamino, etc.),
Represents an aryl group (eg, a phenyl group) or a lower alkyl group (eg, methyl, ethyl, propyl, etc.). Z ¹⁷ and Z ¹⁸ and / or Z ¹⁹ and Z ²⁰ may be linked to each other to form a ring, such as a benzene ring. X ⁵ represents a cation, and Q represents an integer of 1 or 2. However, when the sensitizing dye forms an inner salt, Q
Represents 1.

The representative sensitizing dyes represented by formulas (I), (II) and (III) that can be used in the present invention are shown below, but the present invention is not limited thereto. (I-1) to (I-46) shown below are compounds represented by the general formula (I), (II-1) to (II-56) are compounds represented by the general formula (II), (III-1)-(III-1
2) is a compound represented by the general formula (III).

In addition to the sensitizing dyes represented by the general formulas (I), (II) and (III), examples of supersensitizers include benzothiazoles and quinolones described in JP-B-57-24533 and A quinoline derivative described in JP-A-57-24899 can be used according to the purpose.

The combination of the red-sensitive sensitizing dye is represented by the general formula (I)
At least one sensitizing dye represented by the formula (II):
It is preferable to use in combination with at least one of the sensitizing dyes represented by Further, as the structure of the sensitizing dye used in combination, the sensitizing dye represented by the general formula (I) wherein Y ¹ and Y ² are sulfur atoms and the sensitizing dye represented by the general formula (II) of Y ³ is preferably a N-R ^a. Here, N represents a nitrogen atom, R ^a is an alkyl group.

Next, the yellow coupler contained in the red-sensitive layer of the light-sensitive material of the present invention will be described. As the yellow coupler, any yellow coloring dye-providing substance can be used, and there is no particular limitation. When two or more red-sensitive layers are present, the yellow coupler may be contained in at least one of the layers.

As described above, the structure of the yellow coupler to be used is not particularly limited. However, in the present invention, it is preferable to use the following benzoylacetanilide-based yellow coupler.

Here, the benzoylacetanilide-based yellow coupler includes any benzoylacetanilide derivative, and is preferably a compound represented by the following general formula (YB-
It is a compound represented by I).

General formula (YB-I) In this formula, R ^{21 to} R ²⁷ and W are a hydrogen atom or a substituent, preferably R ²¹ , R ²² and R ²³ include both the same and different, each of which is a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an alkyl group. , An aryl group, an alkoxy group, an acylamino group, a carbamoyl group, an alkoxycarbonyl group, a sulfonamide group, or a sulfamoyl group.

R ²⁴ , R ²⁵ , R ²⁶ and R ²⁷ include the same or different, and preferably each represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, an aryloxy group, an acylamino group, or a sulfonamide group.

W preferably represents a halogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, an aryloxy group, or a dialkylamino group.

X represents a hydrogen atom or a removable group, and a preferable group as the removable group is represented by the general formula (YB-II).

General formula (YB-II) Y represents a nonmetallic atom group necessary to form a 5- to 6-membered ring.

Hereinafter, specific examples of the benzoylacetanilide-based yellow coupler that can be preferably used in the present invention will be described, but the coupler that can be used in the present invention is not limited thereto.

 The structures (1) to (35) representing the groups are described below.

Benzoylacetanilide yellow couplers that can be used in the present invention are described in U.S. Pat.Nos. 3,725,072 and 3,891,445, JP-B-51-10783, and JP-A-48-73147.
Nos. 50-6341, 51-102636, 52-115219, 5
Nos. 9-159163 and 59-174838, and can be synthesized by the methods described therein.

Benzoylacetoanilide yellow coupler is 2
More than one kind may be used, and may be used in combination with other yellow couplers.

In order to add a yellow coupler to the red-sensitive layer of a light-sensitive material, an oil-in-water emulsion dispersion method using a water-insoluble high-boiling organic solvent or an alkaline solution is used depending on the physical properties (eg, solubility) of the yellow coupler. Various methods can be used, such as an alkali dispersion method, a latex dispersion method, and a solid dispersion method of directly adding a fine solid.

The amount of the yellow coupler added to the red-sensitive layer is 1/5 to 1/20 of that of the cyan coupler used in the red-sensitive layer.

When the red-sensitive layer is composed of two or more layers having different sensitivities of a high-sensitivity layer and a low-sensitivity layer, any one of the yellow couplers may be used.
Although it may be added to the layer or all layers, it is more effective to add it to the low-sensitivity layer in order to achieve the object of the present invention.

The silver halide emulsion used in the color light-sensitive material of the present invention can be chemically sensitized by a conventional method.

An antifoggant, a stabilizer and the like can be added to the silver halide emulsion. It is advantageous (but not limited to) to use gelatin as a binder for the emulsion.

The emulsion layer and other hydrophilic colloid layers can be hardened, and can contain a plasticizer and a dispersion (latex) of a water-insoluble or poorly soluble synthetic polymer.

The present invention can be preferably applied to a color negative film, a color reversal film, and the like.

A color-forming coupler is generally used in the emulsion layer of the color photographic light-sensitive material of the present invention.

Coupling with colored couplers, competing couplers, and oxidized developing agents, which have the effect of correction, further enhances development accelerators, bleaching accelerators, developers, silver halide solvents, toning agents, hardeners, and fog. Chemicals that release photographically useful fragments can be used, such as agents, antifoggants, chemical sensitizers, spectral sensitizers, and desensitizers.

Photosensitive materials include filter layers, antihalation layers,
An auxiliary layer such as an irradiation prevention layer can be provided. In these layers and / or the emulsion layers, dyes which flow out of the light-sensitive material or are bleached during the development processing may be contained.

To the light-sensitive material, a formalin scavenger, a fluorescent brightener, a matting agent, a lubricant, an image stabilizer, a surfactant, a color fogging inhibitor, a phenomenon accelerator, a phenomenon retarder and a bleach accelerator can be added.

As the support, any material such as paper laminated with polyethylene or the like, polyethylene terephthalate film, baryta paper, cellulose triacetate and the like can be used.

In order to obtain a dye image using the color light-sensitive material of the present invention, a generally known means of performing color photographic processing after exposure can be used.

〔Example〕

Hereinafter, specific examples of the present invention will be described, but embodiments of the present invention are not limited thereto.

In all the following examples, the amount of the silver halide photographic light-sensitive material is particularly shows the number of grams per 1 m ² unless otherwise noted. Further, silver halide and colloidal silver are shown in terms of silver.

Example 1 On a triacetyl cellulose film support, layers having the following compositions were sequentially formed from the support side to prepare a multilayer color photographic light-sensitive material sample-1.

Sample-1 (comparative) First layer; Antihalation layer (HC-1) Black colloidal silver 0.20 UV absorber (UV-1) 0.20 High boiling solvent (Oil-1) 0.20 Gelatin 1.5 Second layer; Intermediate layer (IL -1) UV absorber (UV-1) 0.04 High boiling point solvent (Oil-1) 0.04 Gelatin 1.2 Third layer; Low sensitivity red-sensitive emulsion layer (RL) Silver iodobromide emulsion (Em-1) 0.6 Iodobromide Silver emulsion (Em-2) 0.2 Sensitizing dye (SD-1) 2.2 × 10 ^-4 (mol / silver 1 mol) Sensitizing dye (I-6) 2.2 × 10 ^-4 (mol / silver 1 mol) Sensitization Dye (I-34) 0.44 × 10 ^-4 (mol / silver 1 mol) Cyan coupler (C-1) 0.65 Colored cyan coupler (CC-1) 0.12 DIR compound (D-1) 0.004 DIR compound (D-2) 0.013 High boiling solvent (Oil-1) 0.6 Gelatin 1.5 Fourth layer; High sensitivity red-sensitive emulsion layer (RH) Silver iodobromide emulsion (Em-3) 0.8 Sensitizing dye (SD-1) 1.2 × 10 ^-4 ( Mol / silver 1 mol) Dye (I-6) 1.2 × 10 ^-4 (mol / silver 1 mol) Sensitizing dye (I-34) 0.1 × 10 ^-4 (mol / silver 1 mol) Cyan coupler (C-2) 0.16 Cyan coupler (C -3) 0.02 Colored cyan coupler (CC-1) 0.03 DIR compound (D-2) 0.016 High boiling solvent (Oil-1) 0.2 Gelatin 1.3 Fifth layer; Intermediate layer (IL-2) Gelatin 0.7 Sixth layer; Low Sensitive green-sensitive emulsion layer (GL) Silver iodobromide emulsion (Em-1) 0.8 Sensitizing dye (SD-3) 3.0 × 10 ^-4 (mol / silver 1 mol) Sensitizing dye (SD-4) 5.0 × 10 ^-4 (mol / silver 1 mol) Magenta coupler (M-1) 0.2 Magenta coupler (M-2) 0.2 Colored magenta coupler (CM-1) 0.1 DIR compound (D-3) 0.02 DIR compound (D-4) 0.004 High boiling solvent (Oil-2) 0.4 Gelatin 1.0 7th layer; High sensitivity green-sensitive emulsion layer (GH) Silver iodobromide emulsion (Em-3) 0.9 Sensitizing dye (SD-3) 1.5 × 10 ^-4 (Mol / silver 1 mol) Sensitizing dye (SD-4) 2.5 × 10 ^-4 (mol / silver 1 mol) Sensitizing dye (SD-5) 0.55 × 10 ^-4 (mol / silver 1 mol) Magenta coupler ( M-2) 0.09 Colored magenta coupler (CM-2) 0.04 DIR compound (D-3) 0.006 High boiling point solvent (Oil-2) 0.3 Gelatin 1.0 8th layer; Yellow filter layer (YC) Yellow colloidal silver 0.1 Prevention of color contamination Agent (SC-1) 0.1 High boiling solvent (Oil-3) 0.1 Gelatin 0.8 Ninth layer; low-sensitivity blue-sensitive emulsion layer (BL) Silver iodobromide emulsion (Em-1) 0.35 Silver iodobromide emulsion (Em- 2) 0.10 Sensitizing dye (SD-7) 0.6 × 10 ^-3 (mol / silver 1 mol) Yellow coupler (Y-1) 0.6 Yellow coupler (Y-2) 0.1 DIR compound (D-2) 0.01 High boiling solvent (Oil-3) 0.3 gelatin 1.0 10th layer; high-sensitivity blue-sensitive emulsion layer (BH) silver iodobromide emulsion (Em-3) 0.4 silver iodobromide emulsion (Em-1) 0.1 increase Dye (SD-6) 1 × 10 -4 ( mol / mole of silver) Sensitizing dye (SD-7) 0.3 × 10 -3 ( mole / mole of silver) Yellow coupler (Y-1) 0.20 Yellow coupler (Y -2) 0.03 High boiling solvent (Oil-3) 0.07 Gelatin 1.1 11th layer; 1st protective layer (PRO-1) Fine grain silver iodobromide emulsion (Average particle size 0.08μmAgI2mol%) 0.2 UV absorber (UV 1) 0.10 UV absorber (UV-2) 0.05 High boiling solvent (Oil-1) 0.1 High boiling solvent (Oil-4) 0.1 Formalin scavenger (HS-1) 0.5 Formalin scavenger (HS-2) 0.2 Gelatin 1.0 No. 12 Layer: Second protective layer (PRO-2) Surfactant (SU-1) 0.005 Alkali-soluble matting agent (average particle size 2 μm) 0.05 Polymethyl methacrylate (average particle size 3 μm) 0.05 Slip agent (WAX-1) 0.04 Gelatin 0.5 In addition to the above composition, a coating aid Su-2 and a dispersion aid Su-
Nos. 3 and Su-4, hardeners H-1, H-2, stabilizer ST-1, antifoggant AF-1, ▼: 10,000 and ▼: 1,10
0,000 two AF-2s were added.

 The emulsions used in the above samples are as follows.

Em-1 A core / shell iodine odor having an average grain size of 0.45 μm, an average silver iodide content of 6.0 mol%, and a monodisperse (18% distribution) silver iodide content of a peripheral phase of 2 mol%. Silver iodide emulsion Em-2 A core / shell with an average grain size of 0.25 µm, an average silver iodide content of 6.0 mol%, and a monodisperse (18% distribution) outer edge phase with a silver iodide content of 0.5 mol%. Silver iodobromide emulsion Em-3 having an average grain size of 0.80 μm, an average silver iodide content of 7.0 mol%, and a monodisperse (16% distribution) silver iodide content of the outer phase. Core / shell type silver iodobromide emulsion The compounds used in the above sample are as follows.

Next, the types and amounts of the sensitizing dyes of the high-sensitivity red-sensitive layer (the fourth layer) and the low-sensitivity red-sensitive layer (the third layer) of Sample-1 were determined as follows:
The sample was changed as shown in Table 1, and a yellow coupler of the type and amount shown in Table 1 was added to the third layer.
In the same manner as in the above, Samples -2 to 8 were prepared.

Table 2 shows the maximum sensitivity wavelength of the red-sensitive layer of each sample thus prepared. Further, using each of the samples 1 to 8, a JIS standard color chart (glossy plate) was photographed, and then the following development processing was performed. A print was prepared from the obtained developed sample, and the hue reproduction was evaluated visually by comparing the print with a color chart. Table 2 summarizes the hue numbers of the color chips closest to the reproduced colors.

Processing step (38 ° C) Color development 3 minutes 15 seconds Bleaching 6 minutes 30 seconds Washing 3 minutes 15 seconds Fixing 6 minutes 30 seconds Washing 3 minutes 15 seconds Stabilization 1 minute 30 seconds Drying Used in each processing step The composition of the processing solution is as follows.

<Color developing solution> 4-amino-3-methyl-N-ethyl-N- (β-hydroxyethyl) aniline / sulfate 4.75 g anhydrous sodium sulfite 4.25 g hydroxyamine / 1/2 sulfate 2.0 g anhydrous potassium carbonate 37.5 g Sodium bromide 1.3 g Nitrilotriacetic acid trisodium salt (monohydrate) 2.5 g Potassium hydroxide 1.0 g Add water to make 1 liter. (PH = 10.1) <Bleaching solution> Ammonium salt of iron (III) ethylenediaminetetraacetate 100g Diammonium salt of ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid 10.0g Ammonium bromide 150.0g Glacial acetic acid 10ml Add water to make 1 liter. Adjust to

<Fixing solution> Ammonium thiosulfate 175.0 g Anhydrous sodium sulfite 8.5 g Sodium metasulfite 2.3 g Add water to make 1 liter, and adjust the pH to 6.0 using acetic acid.

<Stabilizing solution> Formalin (37% aqueous solution) 1.5 ml KONIDAX (manufactured by Konica Corporation) 7.5 ml Add water to make 1 liter.

As can be understood from Table 2, the reproduced colors of the prints obtained using the comparative samples (Nos. 1 to 3) are as follows:
While the blue-violet color is reddish and is reproduced in a hue that is nearly one color different, in the case of using the samples of the present invention (Nos. 4 to 8), all are reproduced in a hue considerably close to the original. I have. Among the samples of the present invention, sample No. 4 was the closest to the original in blue-violet reproduction.
Hereinafter, sample Nos. 7, 8, 6, and 5 were arranged in this order.

Further, with respect to the samples of the present invention (Nos. 4 to 8), the reproduction of the yellow-green color was also improved. This was an unexpected effect for the present inventors.

〔The invention's effect〕

As described above, the silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material of the present invention has an effect of being able to faithfully achieve blue-violet hue reproduction without impairing red hue reproduction, and has an unexpected effect. However, the reproduction of the yellow-green hue was also improved.

Continuation of the front page (56) References JP-A-64-72153 (JP, A) JP-A-64-19346 (JP, A) JP-A-62-160449 (JP, A) (58) Fields investigated (Int) .Cl. ⁶ , DB name) G03C 7/20

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A color photographic light-sensitive material having at least one blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, and red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer on a support, The maximum sensitivity wavelength λ _R of the spectral sensitivity distribution of the silver halide emulsion layer is 595 nm ≦ λ _R ≦ 625 nm, and at least one of the red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layers contains a yellow coupler; The amount of the yellow coupler added to the silver halide emulsion layer was 1/5 of the amount of the cyan coupler used in the red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer.
A silver halide color light-sensitive material, characterized in that the ratio is up to 1/20.