Silver halide color photographic material

A process for preparing a silver halide color photographic material comprising coating on a support and at least one silver halide emulsion layer, wherein the emulsion layer contains a silver halide emulsion which has been spectrally sensitized by adding a spectral sensitizing dye prior to the completion of formation of silver halide particles, and at least one cyan coupler represented by formula (I) ##STR18## wherein R.sub.11 and R.sub.12 each represents an alkyl group, an aryl group, a heterocyclic group, an alkyloxy group, an aryloxy group, a heterocyclic oxy group, an alkylamino group, an arylamino group, or a heterocyclic amino group;

• R.sub.13 represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group, an alkoxyl group, an aryloxy group, an acyloxy group, or an acylamino group;
• X is a group capable of being released upon the oxidative coupling reaction with a developing agent;
• or R.sub.12 and R.sub.13 together form a 5- or 6-membered ring, and wherein the sensitizing dyes are dyes having the maximum value of spectral sensitivity at from 650 to 750 nm and are compounds represented by formula (III):
• ##STR19## wherein in formula (III) Z.sub.1 and Z.sub.2 each represents an atomic group forming a 5- or 6-membered heterocyclic ring which may be substituted;
• L.sub.1, L.sub.2 and L.sub.3 each represents a methine group, which may be substituted;
• R.sub.21 and R.sub.22 are each selected from the group consisting of an alkyl group, a carboxyalkyl group, a sulfoalkyl group, a fluorinated alkyl group, a hydroxyalkyl group, an alkoxyalkyl group, an aralkyl group, an aryloxyalkyl group, and an acylaminoalkyl group, each of which groups may be substituted;
• X.sub.1.sup..crclbar. represents a counter ion;
• l and n are each 0 or 1 and m is 0, 1, or 2, provided that l+m+n=2;
• p is 0 or 1;
• and when p=1, the compounds of formula (III) form an intramolecular salt.

A silver halide color photographic material comprising a support and at least one silver halide emulsion layer on the support, wherein the emulsion layer contains a silver halide emulsion which has been spectrally sensitized by adding a spectral sensitizing dye prior to the completion of formation of silver halide particles, and at least one cyan coupler represented by formula (I):

• ##STR20## wherein R.sub.11 and R.sub.12 each represents an alkyl group, an aryl group, a heterocyclic group, an alkyloxy group, an aryloxy group, a heterocyclic oxy group, an alkylamino group, an arylamino group, or a heterocyclic amino group;
• R.sub.13 represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group, an alkoxyl group, an aryloxy group, an acyloxy group, or an acylamino group;
• X is a group capable of being released upon the oxidative coupling reaction with a developing agent;
• or R.sub.12 and R.sub.13 together form a 5- or 6-membered ring, and wherein the sensitizing dyes are dyes having the maximum value of spectral sensitivity at from 650 to 750 nm and are compounds represented by formula (III):
• ##STR21## wherein in formula (III) Z.sub.1 and Z.sub.2 each represents an atomic group forming a 5- or 6-membered heterocyclic ring which may be substituted;
• L.sub.1, L.sub.2 and L.sub.3 each represents a methine group, which may be substituted;
• R.sub.21 and R.sub.22 each represents a substituent selected from the group consisting of a methyl group, an ethyl group, a butyl group, a hexyl group, a carboxymethyl group, a 2-carboxyethyl group, and a 3-carboxypropyl group, a 2-sulfoethyl group, a 3-sulfopropyl group, a 3-sulfobutyl group, a 4-sulfobutyl group, a 2,2,2-trifluoroethyl group, a 2,2,3,3,-tetrafluoropropyl group, a 2-hydroxyethyl group, a 3-hydroxyethyl group, a 2-methoxyethyl group, a 2-ethoxyethyl group, a 3-methoxypropyl group, a benzyl group, a 2-phenylethyl group, a 2-(4-sulfophenyl)ethyl group, a 2-phenoxyethyl group, a methanesulfonylaminoethyl group and an acetylaminoethyl group X.sub.1.sup..crclbar. represents a counter ion;
• l and n are each 0 or 1 and m is 0, 1, or 2, provided that l+m+n=2;
• p is 0 or 1;
• and when p=1, the compounds of formula (III) form an intramolecular salt.