Silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material and method for forming color image therewith

A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material comprising a reflective support having provided thereon at least one yellow dye forming coupler-containing silver halide emulsion layer, at least one magenta dye forming coupler-containing silver halide emulsion layer, and at least one cyan dye forming coupler-containing silver halide emulsion layer each having a different light sensitivity, wherein the reflective support comprises a substrate having provided at least on the surface of an emulsion layer-coated side thereof, a composition prepared by mixing and dispersing a white pigment in a resin containing polyester as a main component;

• the cyan dye forming coupler-containing silver halide emulsion layer contains at least one cyan dye forming coupler compound represented by the following formula (Ia);
• a binder or protective colloid used in the light-sensitive material is low calcium gelatin having a calcium content of 200 ppm or less;
• and the film pH of the light-sensitive material is 4.0 to 6.5:
• ##STR158## wherein Za represents --NH-- or --CH(R.sub.3)--, and Zb and Zc each represents --C(R.sub.4).dbd. or --N.dbd.;
• R.sub.1, R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 each represents an electron attractive group having a Hammett's substituent constant .sigma..sub.p of 0.20 or more, provided that the sum of the .sigma..sub.p values of R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 is 0.65 or more;
• R.sub.4 represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent, provided that when two R.sub.4 's are present in the formula, they may be the same or different;
• X represents a hydrogen atom or a group capable of splitting off upon a reaction with an oxidation product of an aromatic primary amine color developing agent;
• and a group represented by R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, R.sub.4 or X may become a divalent group and combine with a polymer higher than a dimer and a high molecular chain to form a homopolymer or a copolymer.