Claims
- 1. A multilayer color photographic element comprising a support having coated thereon photographic silver halide emulsion layers said layers including at least one blue-sensitive and at least three red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layers, said red-sensitive layers respectively being most, mid, and least red-sensitive relative to each other, said most and mid red-sensitive layers being contiguous, and the most red-sensitive layer being a coupler starved layer, which element comprises:
- (a) a yellow image dye-forming coupler and substantially no development inhibitor releasing coupler in the most red-sensitive layer; and
- (b) at least one development: inhibitor releasing coupler in the mid red-sensitive layer.
- 2. The element of claim 1 wherein the mid red-sensitive layer contains a yellow dye-forming coupler.
- 3. The element of claim 2 wherein the yellow dye-forming coupler in the mid red-sensitive layer exhibits a higher activity than that of the yellow image dye-forming coupler contained in the most red-sensitive layer.
- 4. The element of claim 2 wherein the yellow dye-forming coupler in the mid red-sensitive layer is an acetanilide.
- 5. The element of claim 1 wherein the most red-sensitivelayer is extremely starved, having a weight ratio of cyan image dye-forming coupler to photographic silver halide (expressed as silver) in the most sensitive layer of less than 0.1.
- 6. The element of claim 5 wherein said ratio is less than 0.05.
- 7. The element of claim 6 wherein said ratio is less than 0.03.
- 8. The element of claim 7 wherein said ratio is less than 0.01.
- 9. The element of claim 8 wherein said most sensitive layer is substantially free of cyan image dye-forming coupler.
- 10. The element of claim 1 wherein the weight ratio of (1) the total of all dye-forming and PUG releasing couplers in the most red-sensitive layer to (2) the silver halide (expressed as silver) in said layer is less than 0.30.
- 11. The element of claim 1 wherein the development inhibitor to be released is a timed or untimed mercaptotetrazole.
- 12. The element of claim 1 wherein the yellow image dye-forming coupler is an acetanilide.
- 13. The element of claim 12 wherein said acetanilide is a pivalylacetanilide.
- 14. The element of claim 1 wherein the weight ratio of development inhibitor releasing coupler to silver halide (expressed as silver) does not exceed 0.1.
- 15. The element of claim 14 wherein the development inhibitor has an I.S. less than 50.
- 16. A multilayer color photographic element comprising a support having coated thereon photographic silver halide emulsion layers said layers including at least three red sensitive silver halide emulsion layers the first of said red sensitive layers being the furthest red sensitive layer from the support, the second red sensitive layer being less red sensitive than the first red sensitive layer, said first red sensitive layer and said second red sensitive layers being contiguous, and the first red sensitive layer being a coupler starved layer free of cyan image dye-forming coupler and is comprised of
- (a) at least one development inhibitor releasing coupler,
- (b) a first yellow coupler for color correcting; and
- (c) a cyan dye forming masking coupler; and the second red sensitive layer is comprised of
- (d) a cyan image dye forming coupler,
- (e) a development inhibitor anchimeric releasing coupler,
- (f) a bleach accelerator releasing coupler,
- (g) a cyan dye-forming masking coupler; and
- (h) a second yellow coupler for color correcting, the second yellow coupler being more reactive than said first yellow coupler for color correcting.
- 17. The photographic element in accordance with claim 16 wherein the first red sensitive layer contains ##STR23##
- 18. The photographic element in accordance with claim 16 wherein the first red sensitive layer contains ##STR24##
- 19. The photographic element in accordance with claim 16 wherein the first red sensitive layer contains ##STR25##
- 20. The photographic element in accordance with claim 16 wherein the second red sensitive layer contains ##STR26##
- 21. The photographic element in accordance with claim 16 wherein the second red sensitive layer contains ##STR27##
- 22. The photographic element in accordance with claim 16 wherein the second red sensitive layer contains ##STR28##
- 23. The photographic element in accordance with claim 16 wherein the second red sensitive layer contains ##STR29##
- 24. The photographic element in accordance with claim 16 wherein the second red sensitive layer contains ##STR30##
- 25. The photographic element in accordance with claim 16 wherein the second red sensitive layer contains ##STR31##
- 26. A multilayer color photographic element in accordance with claim 16 wherein the first red sensitive and the second red sensitive layers comprises silver bromoiodide containing 6 to 14 mol % iodide.
- 27. A multilayer color photographic element in accordance with claim 16 wherein the first red sensitive and the second red sensitive layers comprises silver bromoiodide containing 9 to 13 mol % iodide.
- 28. A process of forming a developed image in an exposed color photographic element as defined in claim 16 comprising developing said element with a color developer.
- 29. A multilayer color photographic element comprising a support having coated thereon photographic silver halide emulsion layers said layers including at least three red sensitive silver halide emulsion layers the first of said red sensitive layers being the furthest red sensitive layer from the support, the second red sensitive layer being less red sensitive than the first red sensitive layer, said first red sensitive layer and said second red sensitive layers being contiguous, and the first red sensitive layer being a coupler starved layer free of cyan image dye-forming coupler and is comprised of
- (a) development inhibitor releasing coupler having the structure ##STR32## (b) a first yellow dye forming coupler having the structure ##STR33## and (c) a cyan dye forming masking coupler having the structure ##STR34## the less red sensitive layer comprised of (d) a cyan image dye forming coupler having the structure ##STR35## (e) a development inhibitor anchimeric releasing coupler having the structure ##STR36## (f) a bleach accelerating releasing coupler having the general structure ##STR37## (g) a cyan dye-forming masking coupler having the general structure ##STR38## (h) a second yellow dye forming coupler having the structure ##STR39## the second yellow dye forming coupler being more reactive than said first yellow dye forming coupler.
- 30. A multilayer color photographic element in accordance with claim 29 wherein said element contains a third red sensitive layer less sensitive than said second red sensitive layer and being closer to the support than said second red sensitive layer, the third red sensitive layer comprised of
- (a) a cyan image dye-forming coupler having the structure ##STR40## (b) a bleach accelerating releasing coupler having the structure ##STR41## and (c) a color correcting coupler having the structure ##STR42##
- 31. A multilayer color photographic element comprising a support having coated thereon photographic silver halide emulsion layers said layers including at least three red sensitive silver halide emulsion layers the first of said red sensitive layers being the furthest red sensitive layer from the support, the second red sensitive layer being less red sensitive than the first red sensitive layer, said first red sensitive layer and said second red sensitive layers being contiguous, and the first red sensitive layer being a coupler starved layer free of cyan image dye-forming coupler and is comprised of
- (a) development inhibitor releasing coupler having the structure ##STR43## (b) a first yellow dye forming coupler having the structure ##STR44## and (c) a cyan dye forming masking coupler having the structure ##STR45## the less red sensitive layer comprised of (d) a cyan image dye forming coupler having the structure ##STR46## (e) a development inhibitor anchimeric releasing coupler having the structure ##STR47## (f) a bleach accelerating releasing coupler having the general structure ##STR48## (g) a cyan dye-forming masking coupler having the general structure ##STR49## (h) a second yellow dye forming coupler having the structure ##STR50## the second yellow dye forming coupler being more reactive than said first yellow dye forming coupler.
Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation-in-part of pending application Ser. No. 886,277 filed May 20, 1992, now abandoned.
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