Coupler blends in color photographic materials

A photographic element comprising a support, a silver halide emulsion, a first image dye-forming coupler which does not intrinsically inhibit development of said silver halide, and a second image dye-forming coupler which intrinsically inhibits development of said silver halide, said first and second image dye-forming couplers being in reactive association with said silver halide emulsion, wherein intrinsically non-inhibiting coupler ##STR64## is not present in combination with intrinsically inhibiting coupler ##STR65## wherein said first image-dye forming coupler enables development of at least 80% of the silver developed in the presence of coupler A-9, and

• wherein said second image dye-forming coupler is not a development inhibitor releasing coupler and enables development of less than 80% of the silver developed in the presence of coupler A-9,
• with the proviso that said first image-dye forming coupler is selected from the group consisting of couplers A-1 to A-38 and C-1 to C-12 and/or with the proviso that said second image-dye forming coupler is selected from the group consisting of B-1 to B-8.

A multicolor photographic element comprising a support bearing a cyan dye image-forming unit comprising at least one red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith at least one cyan dye-forming coupler, a magenta dye image-forming unit comprising at least one green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith at least two magenta dye-forming couplers, and a yellow dye image-forming unit comprising at least one blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith at least one yellow dye-forming coupler, wherein said first magenta dye image-forming coupler does not intrinsically inhibit development of silver halide and said second magenta dye-forming coupler intrinsically inhibits development of silver halide,

• wherein said first magenta-dye forming coupler enables development of at least 80% of the silver developed in the presence of coupler A-9, and
• wherein said second magenta dye-forming coupler is not a development inhibitor releasing coupler and enables development of less than 80% of the silver developed in the presence of coupler A-9,
• with the proviso that said first image-dye forming coupler is selected from the group consisting of couplers A-1 to A-38 and C-1 to C-12 and/or with the proviso that said second image-dye forming coupler is selected from the group consisting of B-1 B-8.

A process for developing an image in a photographic element comprising a support and a silver halide emulsion containing an imagewise distribution of developable silver halide grains, said process comprising the step of developing said element with a silver halide color developing agent in the presence of a first image dye-forming coupler which does not intrinsically inhibit development of said silver halide and a second image dye-forming coupler which intrinsically inhibits development of said silver halide,

• wherein said first image-dye forming coupler enables development of at least 80% of the silver developed in the presence of coupler A-9, and
• wherein said second image dye-forming coupler is not a development inhibitor releasing coupler and enables development of less than 80% of the silver developed in the presence of coupler A-9,
• with the proviso that said first image-dye forming coupler is selected from the group consisting of couplers A-1 to A-38 and C-1 to C-12 and/or with the proviso that said second image-dye forming coupler is selected from the group consisting of B-1 to B-8.

A process for developing an image in a photographic element comprising a support and a silver halide emulsion containing an imagewise distribution of developable silver halide grains, said process comprising the step of developing said element with a silver halide color developing agent in the presence of a first image dye-forming coupler which does not intrinsically inhibit development of said silver halide and a second image dye-forming coupler which intrinsically inhibits development of said silver halide, wherein intrinsically non-inhibiting coupler ##STR68## is not employed in combination with intrinsically inhibiting coupler ##STR69## wherein said first image-dye forming coupler enables development of at least 80% of the silver developed in the presence of coupler A-9, and

• wherein said second image dye-forming coupler is not a development inhibitor releasing coupler and enables development of less than 80% of the silver developed in the presence of coupler A-9,
• with the proviso that said first image-dye forming coupler is selected from the group consisting of couplers A-1 to A-38 and C-1 to C-12 and/or with the proviso that said second image-dye forming coupler is selected from the group consisting of B-1 to B-8.

A photographic silver halide emulsion containing a first image dye-forming coupler which does not intrinsically inhibit development of said silver halide and a second image dye-forming coupler which intrinsically inhibits development of said silver halide, said first and second image dye-forming couplers being in reactive association with said silver halide emulsions,

• wherein said first image-dye forming coupler enables development of at least 80% of the silver developed in the presence of coupler A-9, and
• wherein said second image dye-forming coupler is not a development inhibitor releasing coupler and enables development of less than 80% of the silver developed in the presence of coupler A-9,
• with the proviso that said first image-dye forming coupler is selected from the group consisting of couplers A-1 to A-38 and C-1 to C-12 and/or with the proviso that said second image-dye forming coupler is selected from the group consisting of B-1 to B-8.

A photographic silver halide emulsion comprising a first image dye-forming coupler which does not intrinsically inhibit development of said silver halide and a second image dye-forming coupler which intrinsically inhibits development of said silver halide, said first and second image dye-forming couplers being in reactive association with said silver halide emulsion, wherein intrinsically non-inhibiting coupler ##STR72## is not present in combination with intrinsically inhibiting coupler ##STR73## wherein said first image-dye forming coupler enables development of at least 80% of the silver developed in the presence of coupler A-9, and

• wherein said second image dye-forming coupler is not a development inhibitor releasing coupler and enables development of less than 80% of the silver developed in the presence of coupler A-9,
• with the proviso that said first image-dye forming coupler is selected from the group consisting of couplers A-1 to A-38 and C-1 to C-12 and/or with the proviso that said second image-dye forming coupler is selected from the group consisting of B-1 to B-8.

A photographic element comprising a support, a silver halide emulsion, a first image dye-forming coupler which does not intrinsically inhibit development of said silver halide, and a second image dye-forming coupler which intrinsically inhibits development of said silver halide, said first and second image dye-forming couplers being in reactive association with said silver halide emulsion,

• wherein said first image-dye forming coupler enables development of at least 80% of the silver developed in the presence of coupler A-9, and
• wherein said second image dye-forming coupler is not a development inhibitor releasing coupler and enables development of less than 80% of the silver developed in the presence of coupler A-9,
• wherein said first image dye-forming coupler is a pyrazolotriazole having N in positions 1, 2, 4 and 5, a pyrazolotriazole having N in positions 1, 3, 4 and 5, a 1-(aryl)- or 1-(alkyl)-3-acylamino-5-pyrazolone or a 1-(aryl)- or 1-(alkyl)-3-anilino-5-pyrazolone.

A photographic element comprising a support, a silver halide emulsion, a first image dye-forming coupler which does not intrinsically inhibit development of said silver halide, and a second image dye-forming coupler which intrinsically inhibits development of said silver halide, said first and second image dye-forming couplers being in reactive association with said silver halide emulsion,

• wherein said first image-dye forming coupler enables development of at least 80% of the silver developed in the presence of coupler A-9, and
• wherein said second image dye-forming coupler is not a development inhibitor releasing coupler and enables development of less than 80% of the silver developed in the presence of coupler A-9,
• wherein said second image dye-forming coupler is a pyrazolotriazole having N in positions 1, 2, 4 and 5, a pyrazolotriazole having N in positions 1, 3, 4 and 5, or a 1-(aryl)- or 1-(alkyl)-3-anilino-5-pyrazolone.

A photographic element comprising a support, a silver halide emulsion, a first image dye-forming coupler which does not intrinsically inhibit development of said silver halide, and a second image dye-forming coupler which intrinsically inhibits development of said silver halide, said first and second image dye-forming couplers being in reactive association with said silver halide emulsion,

• wherein said first image-dye forming coupler is a pyrazolotriazole or pyrazolone magenta dye-forming coupler which enables development of at least 80% of the silver developed in the presence of coupler A-9, and
• wherein said second image dye-forming coupler is pyrazolotriazole or pyrazolone magenta dye-forming coupler which is not a development inhibitor releasing coupler and enables development of less than 80% of the silver developed in the presence of coupler A-9.

A photographic element comprising a support, a silver halide emulsion, a first image dye-forming coupler which does not intrinsically inhibit development of said silver halide, and a second image dye-forming coupler which intrinsically inhibits development of said silver halide, said first and second image dye-forming couplers being in reactive association with said silver halide emulsion,

• wherein said first image-dye forming coupler enables development of at least 80% of the silver developed in the presence of coupler A-9, and
• wherein said second image dye-forming coupler is not a development inhibitor releasing coupler and enables development of less than 80% of the silver developed in the presence of coupler A-9.

A photographic element comprising a support, a silver halide emulsion, a first image dye-forming coupler which does not intrinsically inhibit development of said silver halide, and a second image dye-forming coupler which intrinsically inhibits development of said silver halide, said first and second image dye-forming couplers being in reactive association with said silver halide emulsion,

• wherein said first image-dye forming coupler enables development of at least 80% of the silver developed in the presence of coupler A-9, and
• wherein said second image dye-forming coupler is not a development inhibitor releasing coupler and enables development of less than 80% of the silver developed in the presence of coupler A-9,
• wherein said first or second coupler is a bicyclic coupler comprising eight non-metallic ring atoms at least four of which are nitrogen atoms and at least one of which is a carbon atom which provides a coupling site.