Silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material, and image-forming method

A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material, which is suitable for scanning exposure, and is capable of forming an image by color development after scanning exposure according to image-information,

• wherein the silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material has a transmission support, and at least one yellow color developable light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, at least one magenta color developable light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, at least one cyan color developable light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, and at least one light-insensitive hydrophilic colloid layer that develops no color, each of which is provided on the transmission support, and
• wherein the silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material satisfies condition (A), and at least one of conditions (B) and (C):
• Condition (A)
• 0.30<ΔEY(3.0)<0.65,
• 0.30<ΔEM(3.0)<0.65 and
• 0.30<ΔEC(3.0)<0.65
• Condition (B)
• 0.50<ΔEY(0.05)<0.80,
• 0.50<ΔEM(0.06)<0.80 and
• 0.50<ΔEC(0.05)<0.80
• Condition (C)
• 94≦L*, −0.2≦a*≦0.3, and −0.2≦b*≦0.8
• wherein, as to condition (A), ΔEY(3.0), ΔEM(3.0), and ΔEC(3.0) each represent a difference between an exposure amount necessary to give a transmission density of 1.0, and an exposure amount necessary to give a transmission density of 3.0, regarding yellow, magenta, and cyan, respectively, on characteristic curves that are obtained by color development of the light-sensitive material after exposure with an exposure time of 10−4 seconds;
• as to condition (B), ΔEY(0.05) and ΔEC(0.05) each represent a difference between an exposure amount necessary to give a transmission density of 1.0, and an exposure amount necessary to give a transmission density of 0.05, regarding yellow and cyan, respectively, on the characteristic curves that are obtained by color development of the light-sensitive material after exposure with an exposure time of 10−4 seconds;
• and, ΔEM(0.06) represents a difference between an exposure amount necessary to give a transmission magenta density of 1.0, and an exposure amount necessary to give a transmission magenta density of 0.06, on the characteristic curve that is obtained by color development of the light-sensitive material after exposure with an exposure time of 10−4 seconds;
• and
• as to condition (C), L*, a* and b* each represent chromaticity of the light-sensitive material that is obtained by color development of said light-sensitive material after exposure with an exposure amount lower by 0.8 than the exposure amount necessary to give a transmission density of 1.0 regarding yellow, magenta and cyan, respectively, on the characteristic curves that are obtained by color development of said light-sensitive material after exposure with an exposure time of 10−4 seconds.

A silver halide color display material, having, on a transparent or semitransparent support, at least one blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, at least one green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, and at least one red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer,

• wherein, when a neutral gray image is formed by area exposure with an exposure time of 10−4 sec to the display material, through an optical wedge using a xenon flash light source, a difference in density between the maximum color developed area and a non-color developed area of a respective dye image of cyan, magenta, or yellow, is 3.0 or more;
• and
• wherein, on a point gamma of the respective dye image at a density of 90% as much as the lowest density among the maximum developed color densities of the respective dye image, the relation between Pγmax and Pγmin is represented by formula (B):
• Pγmin/Pγmax≧0.60 Formula (B)
• in which Pγmax represents the maximum point gamma, and Pγmin represents the minimum point gamma.