Photographic element and process comprising a development inhibitor releasing coupler and a yellow dye-forming coupler
AssigneeEastman Kodak Company
InventorsJoseph W. Manthey, David M. Niklewicz, Richard P. Szajewski
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Abstract
A combination of a development inhibitor releasing coupler having a particular releasable mercaptotetrazole group; a concentration within the range of 2.5 to 25 mg/m.sup.2, that does not accelerate bleaching of the element upon exposure and processing, of a dye-forming naphtholic or acetanilide coupler comprising a coupling-off group represented by the formula ##STR1## as described in the specification, with a particular alkoxy-benzoyl yellow dye-forming coupler also as described in the specification in a photographic silver halide element and process enables improved dye images upon exposure and processing.
Claims10
A color photographic element comprising a support bearing at least one yellow image dye-forming photographic silver halide emulsion layer (A);
- at least one layer (B) adjacent to the layer (A);
- at least one yellow image dye-forming coupler;
- at least one photographic development inhibitor releasing coupler;
- and,
- in at least one of layer (A) and layer (B), a concentration, within the range of 2.5 to 25 mg/m.sup.2, that does not accelerate bleaching of the element upon exposure and processing, of
- a dye-forming naphtholic or acetanilide coupler comprising a coupling-off group represented by the formula ##STR14## wherein TIME represents a timing group;
- n is 0 or 1;
- R.sup.1 is a divalent aliphatic group comprising 1 to 8 carbon atoms;
- and SOL represents a water solubilizing group.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.