Silver halide photographic light-sensitive material

A method of forming a color image comprising developing an imagewise exposed silver halide photographic light-sensitive material comprising a support having thereon at least one silver halide emulsion layer, wherein the photographic light-sensitive material has a layer containing both a non-diffusible coupler which forms a properly smearing diffusible dye upon reaction with an oxidation product of a color developing agent and a silver halide emulsion in which a diameter corresponding to the projected area of grains that takes 40% or more of the projected area of whole silver halide grains is 1.5 .mu.m or more with an aqueous alkaline solution containing a color developing agent, wherein the non-diffusible coupler which forms a properly smearing diffusible dye is a coupler represented by the following general formula (A):

• (Cp).sub.a X (A)
• wherein Cp represents a diffusible coupler component which forms a proper smearing of dye images and improves graininess;
• X represents a component which is bonded to the coupling position of the coupler component, which is released upon the reaction with the oxidation product of the color developing agent and which contains a ballast group having from 8 to 32 carbon atoms;
• and a represents 1 or 2.