Heat-developable photographic material with fine droplets containing silver halide, organic silver salt oxidizing agent and color image forming substance

A heat-developable diffusion transfer color photographic material comprising a support having coated in order thereon a photographic element (I) comprising a packet emulsion prepared by forming fine droplets of complex coacervate containing a light-sensitive silver halide, an organic silver salt oxidizing agent and a color image forming substance by complex coacervation and hardening the fine droplets with a hardening agent, a hydrophilic binder and a reducing agent;

• and an image receiving element (II) comprising a mordant for a dye image formed or released by heat development in the photographic element.

A heat-developable photographic composition comprising (a) a packet emulsion prepared by forming fine droplets of complex coacervate containing (i) a light-sensitive silver halide spectrally sensitized, (ii) an organic silver salt oxidizing agent and (iii) a color image forming substance by complex coacervation and hardening the fine droplets with a hardening agent;

• (b) a reducing agent;
• and (c) a hydrophilic binder.

A method for forming a color image comprising the steps of:

• providing a heat-developable color photographic material comprising a support having thereon a layer containing (a) fine droplets of complex coacervate containing light-sensitive silver halide, an organic silver salt oxidizing agent and a color image forming substance which are prepared by complex coacervation and hardening with a hardening agent, (b) a compound that functions as a reducing agent and (c) a binder;
• image exposing the material;
• and heating the exposed material at a temperature of from 80.degree. C. to 250.degree. C.