Method for forming a color image and image forming apparatus therefor

A method for forming an image by the steps of:

• (a) imagewise exposing a heat-developing color light-sensitive material;
• (b) uniformly exposing at least a portion of the heat-developable light-sensitive material;
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• (c) heat developing the imagewise exposed and uniformly exposed heat-developable light-sensitive material to form a color image, wherein said heat-developable light-sensitive material comprises a support having thereon at least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing silver halide grains capable of forming a surface latent image, at least one layer of said material comprising a dye-providing compound capable of imagewise releasing a diffusible dye upon heat development, further comprising a step of transferring a diffusible dye image formed upon heat development in said light-sensitive material to an image-receiving material comprising a support having thereon at least one mordanting layer capable of fixing said diffusible dye.

A method for forming an image by the steps of:

• (a) imagewise exposing a heat-developing color light-sensitive material;
• (b) uniformly exposing at least a portion of the heat-developable light-sensitive material;
• and
• (c) heat developing the imagewise exposed and uniformly exposed heat-developable light-sensitive material to form a color image, wherein said heat-developable light-sensitive material comprises a support having thereon at least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer contained silver halide grains capable of forming a surface latent image, at least one layer of said material comprising a dye-providing compound capable of imagewise releasing a diffusible dye upon heat development, wherein said dye-providing compound is represented by formula (I):
• PWR--Time).sub.t --Dye (I)
• wherein PWR represents a group capable of releasing (Time).sub.t --Dye upon being reduce;
• Time represents a group capable of releasing Dye after (Time).sub.t --Dye released from PWR;
• t is 0 or 1;
• and Dye represents a dye or a dye precursor.

A method for forming an image by the steps of:

• (a) imagewise exposing heat-developing color light-sensitive material;
• (b) uniformly exposing at least a portion of the heat-developable light-sensitive material;
• and
• (c) heat developing the imagewise exposed and uniformly exposed heat-developable light-sensitive material to form a color image, wherein said heat-developable light-sensitive material comprises a support having thereon at least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing silver halide grains capable of forming a surface latent image, at least one layer of said material comprising a dye-providing compound capable of imagewise releasing a diffusible dye upon heat development, wherein said light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer comprises from 0.01 to 10 mols of an organic silver salt per mol of said light-sensitive silver halide.