Silver halide color photographic material

A silver halide color photographic material comprising a support having thereon at least one yellow coupler-containing blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer (BL), at least one magenta coupler-containing green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer (GL) and at least one cyan coupler-containing red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer (RL);

• wherein the weight-averaged wavelength of the spectral sensitivity distribution of GL (.lambda..sub.G) of the photographic material is between 520 nm and 580 nm (520 nm.ltoreq..lambda..sub.G .ltoreq.580 nm), the weight-averaged wavelength of the spectral sensitivity distribution of RL (.lambda..sub.R) of the photographic material is between 590 nm and 650 nm (590 nm.ltoreq..lambda..sub.R .ltoreq.650 nm), and the weight-averaged wavelength of the spectral sensitivity distribution of BL (.lambda..sub.S) of the photographic material is between 430 nm and 480 nm (430 nm.ltoreq..lambda..sub.B .ltoreq.480 nm);
• wherein the photographic material satisfies at least one of the following requirements (a), (b) and (c):
• (a) the weight-averaged wavelength of the negative interlayer effect relative to RL (.lambda..sub.-R) is between 490 nm and 560 nm (490 nm.ltoreq..lambda..sub.-R .ltoreq.560 nm);
• (b) the weight-averaged wavelength of the negative interlayer effect relative to GL (.lambda..sub.-G) is selected from at least one of the group consisting of between 400 nm and 500 nm (400 nm.ltoreq..lambda..sub.-G .ltoreq.500 nm) and between 570 nm and 670 nm (570 nm.ltoreq..lambda..sub.-G .ltoreq.670 nm);
• and
• (c) the weight-averaged wavelength of the negative interlayer effect relative to BL (.lambda..sub.-S) is between 520 nm and 590 nm (520 nm.ltoreq..lambda..sub.-B .ltoreq.590 nm);
• and wherein the photographic material comprises at least one compound represented by formula (P-2) or (P-3) in an interlayer effect donor layer to said RL:
• ##STR18## wherein R.sub.11, R.sub.12 and R.sub.13 each represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group, a heterocyclic group, a cyano group, a hydroxyl group, a nitro group, a carboxyl group, an amino group, an alkoxy group, an aryloxy group, an acylamino group, an alkylamino group, an anilino group, a ureido group, a sulfamoylamino group, an alkylthio group, an arylthio group, an alkoxycarbonylamino group, a sulfonamido group, a carbamoyl group, a sulfamoyl group, a sulfonyl group, an alkoxycarbonyl group, a heterocyclic-oxy group, an azo group, an acyloxy group, a carbamoyloxy group, a silyloxy group, an aryloxycarbamoylamino group, an imido group, a heterocyclicthio group, a sulfinyl group, a phosphonyl group, an aryloxycarbonyl group, an acyl group, or an azolyl group;
• and
• X represents a group of formula (X-1):
• --{(L.sub.1).sub.a -(B).sub.m }.sub.p -(L.sub.2).sub.n -DI (X-1)
• wherein L.sub.1 represents a group capable of splitting off from the coupler residual group at the left-side bond of L.sub.1 in formula (X-1), followed by cleaving the right-side bond of L.sub.1, bonding to (B).sub.m, thereof;
• B represents a group capable of cleaving the right-side bond of B in formula (X-1) by reaction with an oxidation product of a developing agent;
• L.sub.2 represents a group capable of .splitting off from the formula (X-1) at the left-side bond of L.sub.2 in formula (X-1), followed by cleaving the right-side bond, bonding to DI, thereto;
• DI represents a development inhibitor residue;
• a, m and n each represent 0 or 1;
• and
• p represents an integer of from 0 to 2;
• provided that when p is 2, then the {(L.sub.1).sub.a --(B).sub.m }.sub.p groups are the same or different;
• and
• wherein a maximum interlayer effect is imparted to said RL at the weight-averaged wavelength .lambda..sub.R by at least one of the layers selected from the group consisting of BL and GL, and wherein the difference between the weight-averaged wavelength in the color sensitivity distribution of GL (.lambda..sub.G) and the weight-averaged wavelength of the negative interlayer effect relative to RL (.lambda..sub.-R) is 5 nm or more (.lambda..sub.G -.lambda..sub.-R .ltoreq.5 nm).