Silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material

A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material having a specific photographic sensitivity of 320 or more, and comprising:

• a support layer;
• and
• silver halide emulsion layers formed on the support layer, one upon or above another, including at least one red-sensitive layer, at least one green-sensitive layer, and at least one blue-sensitive layer,
• which has a protective layer located farther from the support layer than the light-sensitive layer located farther from the support layer than any other light-sensitive layer and having a thickness of 3 .mu.m or less, and in which at least one of the silver halide emulsion layers contains a spectral sensitizer represented by the formula (I):
• ##STR14## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are alkyl groups., in at least one of said alkyl groups at least one carbon atom bonds together with at least three atoms other than hydrogen atoms, Z.sup.1 and Z.sup.2 are groups of atoms forming a 5- or 6-membered nitrogen-containing heterocyclic ring, k is 0, 1, or 2, X is an anion, p is 0 or 1, L.sub.1 and L.sub.2 are a methyne group or a substituted methyne group.

A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material comprising:

• a support layer;
• and
• silver halide emulsion layers formed on the support layer, one upon or above another, including at least one layer containing cyan couplers, at least one layer containing magenta couplers, and at least one layer containing yellow couplers,
• wherein said at least one layer containing cyan couplers also contains a spectral sensitizer represented by the formula (I):
• ##STR15## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are alkyl groups, in at least one of said alkyl groups at least one carbon atom bonds together with at least three atoms other than hydrogen atoms, Z.sup.1 and Z.sup.2 are groups of atoms forming a 5- or 6-membered nitrogen-containing heterocyclic ring, k is 0, 1 or 2, X is an anion, p is 0 or 1, L.sub.1 and L.sub.2 are a methyne group or a substituted methyne group, and an organic solvent having a high boiling point, wherein the weight ratio of organic solvent to all cyan couplers used is at most 0.3, and at least one of the cyan couplers is one represented by the following formula (II):
• ##STR16## wherein R.sub.11 is a halogen atom, aliphatic group, aromatic group, a heterocyclic group, amidino group, a guanidino group, or a group represented by --CO.sub.2 R.sub.14, --SOR.sub.14, --P(.dbd.O)R.sub.14 R.sub.15, --NHCOR.sub.14, --NHSO.sub.2 R.sub.14, --NHSOR.sub.14 or --NHP(.dbd.O)R.sub.14 R.sub.15, R.sub.12 is a halogen atom, a hydroxyl group, a carboxyl group, a sulfo group, an amino group, a cyano group, a nitro group, an aliphatic group, an aromatic group, a carbonamide group, a sulfonamide group, a carbamoyl group, a sulfamoyl group, a ureido group, an acyl group, an acyloxy group, an aliphatic oxy group, an aromatic oxy group, an aliphatic sulfonyl group, an aromatic sulfonyl group, an aliphatic sulfinyl group, an aromatic sulfinyl group, an aliphatic oxycarbonyl group, an aromatic oxycarbonyl group, an aliphatic oxycarbonylamino group, an aromatic oxycarbonylamino group, a sulfamoylamino group, a heterocyclic group, or an imido group, k' is an integer ranging from 0 to 3, and R.sub.13 is a hydrogen atom or R.sub.16 U, T is a hydrogen atom or a group which can be released when it undergoes a coupling reaction with an aromatic primary amine developing oxide, said R.sub.14 and R.sub.15 are each an aliphatic group, an aromatic group, a heterocyclic group, an amino group, an aliphatic oxy group, or an aromatic oxy group, said R.sub.16 is a hydrogen atom, an aliphatic group, an aromatic group, a heterocyclic group, --OR.sub.17, --SR.sub.17, --COR.sub.18, ON(R.sub.19)(R.sub.20), --PO(R.sub.17).sub.2, --PO(--OP.sub.17).sub.2, --PO(--N(R.sub.19)(R.sub.20)).sub.2, --SO.sub.2 N(R.sub.19)(R.sub.20), --CO.sub.2 R.sub.17, --SO.sub.2 R.sub.17, --SO.sub.2 OR.sub.17, or an imido group, said U is --N(R.sub.10)--, --CO--, --SO.sub.2 --, --SO--, or a single bond, said R.sub.17 is an aliphatic group, an aromatic group, a heterocyclic group, said R.sub.18 is a hydrogen atom, an aliphatic group, an aromatic group, or a heterocyclic group, said R.sub.19 and R.sub.10 are each independently a hydrogen atom, an aliphatic group, an aromatic group, a heterocyclic group, an acyl group, an aliphatic sulfonyl group, or an aromatic sulfonyl group, said groups R.sub.12 are identical or different, or bond together, forming a ring, when k' is 2 or greater, said R.sub.12 and R.sub.13, or R.sub.13 and T are able to bond together, forming a ring, and dimers or polymers (including oligomers) are formed at R.sub.11, R.sub.12, R.sub.13, or T and are attached to one another through bivalent or polyvalent groups.