Heat-developable diffusion transfer color photographic material with microcapsules

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

• imagewise exposing a heat-developable diffusion transfer color photographic material comprising a heat-developable color photographic element containing a light-sensitive silver halide, an organic silver salt oxidizing agent and a color image forming substance containing a color image forming dye which does not contain a group having a charge and an image receiving element capable of accepting a dye which is formed or released in the heat-developable color photographic element, the heat-developable color photographic element and the image receiving element being provided on a support having further provided thereon a microcapsule comprising a water-immiscible compound which is liquid at a temperature of not less than 120.degree. C. as a core material and a water-insoluble polymer wall;
• and heating the exposed material at a temperature of from 80.degree. C. to 250.degree. C.,
• wherein the color image forming substance is a compound containing a dye selected from the group consisting of an azo dye, an azomethane dye, an anthraquinone dye, a naphthoquinone dye, a nitro dye, a styryl dye, a quinophthalone dye, a triarylmethane dye, a phthalocyanine dye and a precursor thereof.

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

• imagewise exposing a heat-developable color photographic element containing a light-sensitive silver halide, an organic silver salt oxidizing agent and a color image forming substance containing a color image forming dye which does not contain a group having a charge;
• and heating the exposed material at a temperature of from 80.degree. C. to 250.degree. C. superposed on an image receiving element capable of accepting a dye which is formed or released in the photographic element to diffusion transfer the dye to the image receiving element, in the presence of a microcapsule comprising a water-immiscible compound which is liquid at a temperature of not less than 120.degree. C. as a core material and a water-insoluble polymer wall in at least one of the photographic element and the image receiving element,
• wherein the color image forming substance is a compound containing a dye selected from the group consisting of an azo dye, an azomethane dye, an anthraquinone dye, a naphthoquinone dye, a nitro dye, a styryl dye, a quinophthalone dye, a triarylmethane dye, a phthalocyanine dye and a precursor thereof.