Color photographic silver halide negative imaging process and material comprising tabular silver halide grains, development inhibitor releasing compounds and distributed dyes

A process of forming a color negative image comprising

• providing an imagewise exposed color photographic recording material comprising a support bearing:
• at least one photographic layer comprising a sensitized tabular grain silver halide emulsion having an average aspect ratio greater than about 8;
• an image dye forming coupler;
• at least one color dye forming development inhibitor releasing coupler;
• at least one distributed dye that absorbs light in the region of the spectrum to which said sensitized tabular grain silver halide emulsion having an aspect ratio greater than about 8 is sensitized;
• contacting said recording material with color developing agent to reduce developable silver halide and oxidize said color developing agent, the oxidized color developing agent in turn reacting with said color dye forming development inhibitor releasing coupler to yield a dye;
• forming a color negative image;
• wherein the quantity of said at least one distributed dye being such as to reduce the sensitivity of said at least one photographic layer containing said sensitized tabular grain silver halide emulsion having an aspect ratio greater than about 8 by at least 20%;
• and
• the quantity of said at least one development inhibitor releasing compounds being greater than about 0.07 mole percent relative to the total quantity of sensitized silver halide emulsion in said at least one photographic layer with the proviso that said high aspect ratio tabular grain emulsion and said color forming development inhibitor releasing coupler are in reactive association and said color forming development inhibitor releasing coupler changes in structure and effect as a result of photographic processing.