Method for forming a color image

A method of forming a color image which comprises providing a silver halide color photographic material including a transparent support having thereon at least one photosensitive layer containing at least one coupler which forms a dye upon a coupling reaction with an oxidized product of an aromatic primary amine color developing agent and a substantially silver iodide-free silver halide emulsion containing at least 90 mol. % of silver chloride, which silver halide color photographic material further contains at least one compound of the following formula (I) or (II), and subjecting said silver halide color photographic material to imagewise exposure and then to development with a substantially benzyl alcohol-free developer for not less than 90 seconds;

• ##STR67## wherein R.sub.21 and R.sub.22 each represents an aliphatic group, an aromatic group or a heterocyclic group;
• X represents a group which leaves on reaction with an aromatic amine developing agent;
• A represents a group which reacts with said aromatic amine developing agent to form a chemical bond;
• n is equal to 0 or 1;
• B represents hydrogen, an aliphatic group, an aromatic group, a heterocyclic group, an acyl group or a sulfonyl group;
• Y.sub.1 represents a group which promotes addition of an aromatic amine developing agent to the compound of formula (II);
• and R.sub.21 and X, and Y.sub.1 and either r.sub.22 or B may each combine to form a ring structure, wherein the silver halide color photographic material has a total silver coverage of not less than 1.2 g/m.sup.2, and the compound of formulas (I) and (II) each is present in an amount of from 1.times.10.sup.-2 to 10 moles per mol of magenta coupler.