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(11) EP 0 257 854 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
07.06.1989 Bulletin 1989/23

(43) Date of publication A2:
02.03.1988 Bulletin 1988/09

(21) Application number: 87306881.1

(22) Date of filing: 04.08.1987
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)4: G03C 7/26, G03C 7/38, G03C 5/50
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE FR GB IT NL

(30) Priority: 04.08.1986 JP 183204/86

(71) Applicant: KONICA CORPORATION
Tokyo 163 (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Numata, Yasumasa Konishiroku Photo Ind. Co. Ltd.
    Hino-shi Tokyo 191 (JP)
  • Haga, Yoshihiro Konishiroku Photo Ind. Co. Ltd.
    Hino-shi Tokyo 191 (JP)

(74) Representative: Wood, Anthony Charles et al
Urquhart-Dykes & Lord 91 Wimpole Street
London W1M 8AH
London W1M 8AH (GB)


(56) References cited: : 
   
       


    (54) Silver halide colour photographic material capable of improved colour reproduction and method of processing said photographic material


    (57) A silver halide color photographic material and a method of processing said photographic material are disclosed, said photographic material having one or more silver halide emulsion layers on a support, at least one of said silver halide emulsion layers containing a compound of the following formula (1) and silver halide grains having fog centers on their surface or subsurface:

    where Z represents a group of the non-metallic atoms necessary for forming a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic ring, provided that the ring formed by Z may have a substituent; X represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent capable of being eliminated upon reaction with the oxidation product of a color developing agent; and R represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent.





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