Silver halide color photographic material

A silver halide color photographic material comprising a support having provided thereon a photographic layer, wherein the photographic material contains:

• at least one compound (a) selected from (i) a compound represented by formula (IV) or (V) capable of chemically bonding with an aromatic amine developing agent, which remains after color development processing, to produce a chemically inert and substantially colorless compound or (ii) a compound represented by formula (VI) capable of chemically bonding with an oxidation product of an aromatic amine developing agent, which remains after color development processing, to produce a chemically inert and substantially colorless compound:
• ##STR89## wherein R.sub.1 " and R.sub.2 " each represents an aliphatic group, an aromatic group or heterocyclic group;
• X" represents a releasing group capable of being eliminated upon reaction with an aromatic amine developing agent;
• A represents a group capable of reacting with an aromatic amine developing agent to form a chemical bond;
• n represents 1 or 0;
• B represents a hydrogen atom, an aliphatic group, an aromatic group, a heterocyclic group, an acyl group or a sulfonyl group;
• and Y represents a group which accelerates addition of an aromatic amine developing group to a compound of formula (V);
• R.sub.1 " and X", or Y and R.sub.2 ", or Y and B may be bound to each other to form a cyclic structure;
• the compounds represented by Formulae (IV) and (V) are compounds which have a secondary rate constant of reaction with p-anisidine, K.sub.2 (80.degree. C.), of 1.0 liter/mol/sec to 1.times.10.sup.-5 liter/mol/sec,
• J--Z (VI)
• wherein J represents an aliphatic group, aromatic group, or heterocyclic group;
• and Z represents a nucleophilic group or a group capable of being decomposed in a light-sensitive material to release a nucleophilic group, provided that Z is a group derived from a nucleophilic functional group having a Pearson's nucleophilic nCH.sub.3 I value of 5 or more, and
• at least one compound (b) represented by the following Formulae (II) or (III):
• ##STR90## wherein X' represents a divalent to hexavalent polyvalent group;
• n and m each represents an integer of 2 to 6;
• R' represents an aliphatic group or an aromatic group, provided that R' existing in the same molecule may be the same or different from each other;
• R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4, which may be the same or different, each represents a hydrogen atom, an aliphatic group, an aromatic group, an aliphatic oxycarbonyl group, an aromatic oxycarbonyl group or a carbamoyl group, provided that the sum of the carbon atoms contained in R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 is 8 or more, and at least one combination of R.sub.1 and R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 or R.sub.1 and R.sub.3 may be bound to each other to form a 5- to 7-membered ring, said compound (a) and compound (b) being incorporated in the same layer or different layers.