Silver halide photographic materials

A silver halide color photographic material having one layer of silver halide emulsion layers containing a silver halide having a silver chloride content of not less than 25 molar % and a color coupler, characterized in that at least one of said silver halide emulsion layers contains a silver halide sensitized with a compound having at least one of the following formula (Ia), and the following formula (Ib) and is hardened with a compound having at least one of the following formula (II) and a compound having the formula (III);

• ##STR18## wherein each of R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 represents an alkyl group;
• each of Z.sub.1 and Z.sub.2 represents a nonmetallic atom group for forming a 5- or 6-membered nitrogen-containing heterocyclic ring;
• X represents an anion;
• each of n.sub.1 and n.sub.2 is 1 or 2;
• and m is 1 or 2 provided that, when an inner salt is formed, m is 1;
• ##STR19## wherein each of R.sub.13, R.sub.16, R.sub.17 and R.sub.20 represents a hydrogen atom, a hydroxy group, a group of --OR of a group of ##STR20## in which R is an alkyl or aryl group and each of R' and R" is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl or aryl group having at least one of a sulfonic acid group or a carboxylic acid group;
• and each of R.sub.14, R.sub.15, R.sub.18 and R.sub.19 represents a hydrogen atom, a sulfonic acid group, a carboxylic acid group or an alkyl or aryl group having at least one of a sulfonic acid group or a carboxylic acid group;
• ##STR21## wherein R.sub.9 represents a chlorine atom, a hydroxyl group, an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, a group of ##STR22## in which each of R.sub.91 and R.sub.92 is a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group or an aryl group, a group of 13 NHCOR.sub.93, in which R.sub.93 is a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group or an alkylthio group, or a group of --OH, in which M is a monovalent metal atom;
• and R.sub.10 is the same as R.sub.9 except for a chlorine atom;
• ##STR23## wherein each of R.sub.11 and R.sub.12 represents a chlorine atom, a hydroxyl group, an alkyl group, an alkoxy group or a group of --OM, in which M is as defined above;
• each of Q and Q' represents a binding group of --O--, --S-- or --NH--;
• L represents an alkylene group of an arylene group;
• and each of p and q is 0 or 1.