Silver halide photographic material containing dye

A silver halide photographic material comprising at least one silver halide emulsion layer and at least one non-light-sensitive hydrophilic colloidal layer provided on a support, wherein the silver halide emulsion layer or the hydrophilic colloidal layer contains a dye represented by the formula (I):

• ##STR25## in which L is a single bond, a divalent aliphatic group, a divalent aromatic group or a combination thereof;
• A is a five- or six-membered nitrogen containing heterocyclic ring;
• R.sup.1 is hydrogen, an aliphatic group, an aromatic group, an alkoxycarbonyl group, an aryloxycarbonyl group, an alkoxy group, an aryloxy group, an acyloxy group, a sulfonyloxy group, a carbamoyloxy group, a carbamoyl group, a halogen atom, hydroxyl or carboxyl;
• R.sup.2 is an aliphatic group, an aromatic group, an acyl group, a sulfonyl group, an alkoxycarbonyl group, an aryloxycarbonyl group, an alkoxy group, an aryloxy group, an acyloxy group, a sulfonyloxy group, a carbamoyloxy group, amino, a substituted amino group, a heterocyclic group, an amido group, a carbamoyl group, a sulfonamido group, a halogen atom, hydroxyl, nitro, cyano or carboxyl;
• R.sup.3 is hydrogen, an aliphatic group, an aromatic group or a halogen atom;
• each of R.sup.4, R.sup.5 and R.sup.6 independently is hydrogen, an alkyl group, cyano or a halogen atom;
• m is an integer of 0 to 4;
• when m is 2, 3 or 4, the groups represented by R.sup.2 may be different from each other;
• n is 0 or 1;
• and X is an electron attractive group having a Hammett's substituent constant (.sigma..sup.m) of 0.3 to 1.5.