Photographic recording material containing a hydroquinone diether compound

A color photographic recording material comprising at least one red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer having associated to it a cyan coupler, wherein said cyano coupler is present in the red-sensitive silver halide emulsion or in an adjacent binder layer, at least one green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer having associated to it a magenta coupler, wherein said magenta coupler is present in the green-sensitive silver halide emulsion or in an adjacent binder layer, and at least one blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer having associated to it a yellow coupler, wherein said yellow coupler is present in the blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion or in an adjacent binder layer, the material containing a hydroquinone diether compound in at least one of said light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layers or at least one of said binder layers, characterised in that the hydroquinone diether compound corresponds to the following formula:

• ##STR29## wherein R.sup.1 denotes alkyl, cycloalkyl or aryl, provided that said alkyl is not a propyl group having two or more substituents;
• R.sup.2 denotes H or alkyl;
• R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 are the same or different and denote H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, halogen, alkoxy, aroxy, acyloxy, alkylthio, arylthio, acyl, sulphonyl, sulphamoyl, acylamino, sulphonylamino or nitro, provided that said alkoxy denoted by one of R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 is not a propoxy group having two or more substituents;
• R.sup.5 denotes H, acyl or alkyl;
• X denotes --O-- or --NR.sup.6 --;
• R.sup.6 denotes H or alkyl;
• and
• n denotes zero or an integer from 1 to 3, provided that when n denotes zero and X denotes --O-- said alkyl denoted by R.sup.2 is not --CH.sub.2 OR.sup.7 wherein R.sup.7 denotes H, alkyl, alkenyl, phenylalkyl, aryl, cycloalkyl, alkylcarbonyl, akenylcarbonyl or phenylcarbonyl.