Photographic silver halide light-sensitive material

A photographic silver halide light-sensitive material comprising a support having thereon at least one silver halide emulsion layer and containing at least one cyan dye-forming colorless coupler residue containing an .alpha.-naphthol nucleus having, at the coupling position, an alkoxy group having at least one sulfonamido or sulfamoyl group as a substituent and represented by one of the following general formula (III) or (IV):

• ##STR14## wherein A.sub.1 represents said cyan dye-forming coupler residue containing an .alpha.-naphthol nucleus;
• R' represents a saturated or unsaturated divalent aliphatic group;
• wherein R'.sub.1 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group containing up to 7 carbon atoms, an alkenyl group containing up to 7 carbon atoms, an aralkyl group with 7 carbon atoms, or an aryl group with 6 to 12 carbon atoms;
• and R.sub.2 represents an alkyl group containing up to 18 carbon atoms, an alkenyl group containing up to 18 carbon atoms, an aralkyl group containing up to 18 carbon atoms, an aryl group containing 6 to 12 carbon atoms or a heterocyclic group selected from the class consisting of a thiazolyl, a benzothiazolyl, an oxazolyl, a pyridyl, a 1,2,4-triazolyl, a pyrazolyl, a benzimidazolyl and a imidazolyl group;
• R'.sub.3 and R'.sub.4, which may be the same or different, each represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group containing up to 18 carbon atoms, an alkenyl group containing up to 18 carbon atoms, an aralkyl group containing 7 to 18 carbon atoms, an aryl group containing 6 to 12 carbon atoms;
• and R.sub. 3 and R.sub.4 can combine and form a ring selected from the class consisting of a piperadine, a pyrrolidine, a pyrrole, a morpholine, an imidazole, a benzimidazole, a 1,2,4-triazole, a 1,2,3-triazole and a benzotriazole ring, R.sub.5 represents a hydrogen atom, an aliphatic group containing up to 30 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group containing up to 30 carbon atoms, an aryloxy group, an acylamido group, a sulfonamido group, a phosphoramido group, a ureido group, or a carbamyl group, each represented by the general formula (V) to (X):
• --NH--CO--B (V)
• --NH--SO.sub.2 --B (VI) ##STR15##
• --NHCONH--B (VIII)
• --CONH--B (IX) ##STR16## wherein B and B', which may be the same or different, each represents an aliphatic group containing 1 to 32 carbon atoms, a cycloalkyl group or an aryl group, wherein the alkyl group and the aryl group may be substituted with one or more of a hydrogen atom, a nitro group, a cyano group, a hydroxyl group, a carboxy group, an amino group, an alkyl group, an aryl group, an alkoxycarbonyl group, an acyloxycarbonyl group, an amido group, an imido group, a carbamoyl group, an alkoxy group, or an aryloxyl group;
• and C and C', which may be the same or different, each represents the groups described for B and additionally an --N--OB group, an --NH--B group, or an --NB.sub.2 group.

A method of forming an image comprising exposing a silver halide light-sensitive photographic material comprising a support having thereon at least one silver halide emulsion layer and developing said exposed silver halide photographic material with a developer containing an aromatic primary amine developing agent in the presence of at least one cyan dye-forming colorless photographic coupler residue containing an .alpha.-naphthol nucleus having, at the coupling position, an alkoxy group having at lease one sulfonamido or sulfamoyl group as a substituent and represented by the following general formula (III) or (IV):

• ##STR17## wherein A.sub.1 represents said cyan dye-forming coupler residue containing an .alpha.-naphthol nucleus;
• R' represents a saturated or unsaturated divalent aliphatic group;
• wherein R'.sub.1 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group containing up to 7 carbon atoms, an alkenyl group containing up to 7 carbon atoms, an aralkyl group with 7 carbon atoms, or an aryl group with 6 to 12 carbon atoms;
• and R.sub.2 represents an alkyl group containing up to 18 carbon atoms, an alkenyl group containing up to 18 carbon atoms, an aralkyl group containing up to 18 carbon atoms, an aryl group containing 6 to 12 carbon atoms or a heterocyclic group selected from the class consisting of a thiazolyl, a benzothiazolyl, an oxazolyl, a pyridyl, a 1,2,4-triazolyl, a pyrazolyl, a benzimidazolyl and a imidazolyl group;
• R'.sub.3 and R'.sub.4, which may be the same or different, each represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group containing up to 18 carbon atoms, an alkenyl group containing up to 18 carbon atoms, an aralkyl group containing 7 to 18 carbon atoms, an aryl group containing 6 to 12 carbon atoms;
• and R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 can combine and form a ring selected from the class consisting of a piperadine, a pyrrolidine, a pyrrole, a morpholine, an imidazole, a benzimidazole, a 1,2,4-triazole, a 1,2,3-triazole and a benzotriazole ring, R.sub.5 represents a hydrogen atom, an aliphatic group containing up to 30 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group containing up to 30 carbon atoms, an aryloxy group, an acylamido group, a sulfonamido group, a phosphoramido group, a ureido group, or a carbamyl group, each represented by the general formula (V) to (X):
• --NH--CO--B (V)
• --NH--SO.sub.2 --B (VI) ##STR18##
• --NHCONH--B (VIII)
• --CONH--B (IX) ##STR19## wherein B and B', which may be the same or different, each represents an aliphatic group containing 1 to 32 carbon atoms, a cycloalkyl group or an aryl group, wherein the alkyl group and the aryl group may be substituted with one or more of a hydrogen atom, a nitro group, a cyano group, a hydroxyl group, a carboxy group, an amino group, an alkyl group, an aryl group, an alkoxycarbonyl group, an acyloxycarbonyl group, an amido group, an imido group, a carbamoyl group, an alkoxy group, or an aryloxyl group;
• and C and C', which may be the same or different, each represents the groups described for B and additionally an --N--OB group, an --NH--B group, or an --NB.sub.2 group.