Silver halide color photographic material

A silver halide color photographic material comprising a support having provided thereon at least one silver halide emulsion layer having dispersed therein lipophilic fine particles containing a lipophilic pyrazoloazole coupler represented by formula (I) ##STR15## wherein R.sub.1 represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent;

• X.sub.1 represents a hydrogen atom or a group releasable upon coupling with an oxidation product of an aromatic primary amine developing agent;
• Za, Zb and Zc each represents a methine group, a substituted methine group, .dbd.N--, or --NH--;
• either one of the Za--Zb bond and Zb--Zc bond is a double bond, with the other being a single bond;
• and a carbon-carbon double bond as represented by Zb--Zc may be a part of an aromatic ring condensed with the N-containing ring;
• and R.sub.1, X.sub.1, or the substituted methine group as represented by Za, Zb or Zc may form a polymer;
• and said lipophilic fine particles further contain at least one lipophilic mercapto compound represented by formula (II)
• R--SH (II)
• wherein R represents a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkenyl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, and said compound of formula (II) has a water solubility of not more than 1% by weight at 25.degree. C.