Silver halide color photographic materials with diffusible dye for improving graininess

A silver halide color photographic material comprising a support having formed thereon a blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, a green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, and a red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, at least one of said emulsion layers containing a non-diffusible coupler which forms a properly smearing diffusible dye upon reaction with the oxidation product of a color developing agent together with a substantially colorless competing compound which captures the oxidation product of a color developing agent wherein the colorless competing compound is represented by the general formula (CI) ##STR19## wherein X is a hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkenyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, or an --OZ group, wherein Z represents a hydrogen atom, an acyl group, and alkoxycarbonyl group, a carbamoyl group, a sulfonyl group, an alkyl group containing 1 to 20 carbon atoms, and an alkenyl group containing 2 to 22 carbon atoms or a methallyl group;

• R.sup.21, R.sup.22 and R.sup.23 independently represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a cyano group, --SO.sub.2 R.sup.24, --COR.sup.24, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group containing 1 to 30 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted akenyl group containing 2 to 30 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted alkoxy group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkylthio group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group;
• and wherein R.sup.24 is a hydroxy group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group containing 1 to 30 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted alkoxy group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryloxy group, or a substituted or unsubstituted amino group.