Processing method for silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material

A method of processing an exposed silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material comprising the steps of:

• color developing the light-sensitive material with a color developing solution comprising a color developing agent, and
• treating the light-sensitive material with a solution having a bleaching capability, after said color developing step, wherein
• said solution having a bleaching capability comprises a ferric complex salt of a compound represented by the following formula A:
• ##STR27## wherein A.sub.1 , A.sub.2, A.sub.3 and A.sub.4 are independently a --CH.sub.2 OH group, a --PO.sub.3 M.sub.2 group or a --COOM group, which may be the same or different;
• M is a cation;
• and X is an alkylene group having 2 to 6 carbon atoms or a --(B.sub.1 O).sub.n --B.sub.2 -- group, in which n is an integer of 1 to 8, and B.sub.1 and B.sub.2 are independently an alkylene group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, which may be the same or different;
• provided that said compound represented by said formula A does not consist essentially of an optical isomer about the carbon atoms to which A.sub.1 and A.sub.3 are bonded.