Silver halide photographic material

A silver halide photographic element comprising a support having thereon a hydrophilic colloid layer which contains a dispersion of solid fine grains having a mean grain size from 0.005 .mu.m to 10 .mu.m of a compound of formula (I) which is present in the amount of 0.5 to 1,000 mg/m.sup.2 :

• A.sub.1 =(L.sub.1 -L.sub.2).sub.m =L.sub.3 -(L.sub.4 =L.sub.5).sub.n -A.sub.2 (I)
• wherein A.sub.1 and A.sub.2 each represents an acidic nucleus necessary for forming an oxonole dye, excepting the case where A.sub.1 and A.sub.2 are both 2-pyrazolin-5-one nuclei, the case where they are both barbituric acid nuclei, and the case where they are both 2,6(1H,3H)-pyridinedione nuclei, and wherein at least one of the acidic nuclei represented by A.sub.1 and A.sub.2 is selected from the group consisting of a pyrazolo[3,4-b]pyridine-3,6-dione nucleus, 2(5H)-furanone nucleus, ##STR18## wherein R.sub.5, R.sub.6 and R.sub.7 each represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent;
• provided that R.sub.5 and R.sub.6 may be bonded to each other to form a 5-membered or 6-membered ring;
• L.sub.1, L.sub.2, L.sub.3, L.sub.4 and L.sub.5 each represents a methine group;
• and m and n each represents 0, 1 or 2;
• provided that the compound does not have any dissociating proton-containing substituent or salt thereof capable of dissolving the compound during development, except for the enolic proton constituting a part of the chromophoric group of an oxonole dye.