Method of forming colored images

A method of forming a colored image using a silver halide color photographic photosensitive material comprising a support, having thereon at least three silver halide photosensitive layers which have different color sensitivities and which contain amounts of yellow, magenta, and cyan color forming couplers effective to form visible yellow, magenta, and cyan dye images, respectively, wherein an amount of at least one yellow dye forming coupler effective to form a visible yellow dye image and represented by formula (I) is included in at least one yellow color forming coupler containing photosensitive layer of the silver halide color photosensitive material, and the photosensitive material is exposed using a laser scanning exposure system in which the exposure time per picture element is less than 10.sup.-4 seconds and subsequently subjected to color development processing:

• ##STR227## wherein A represents ##STR228## X represents an organic group which is required, together with the nitrogen atom, to form a nitrogen containing heterocyclic ring, Y represents an aromatic group or a heterocyclic group, and Z represents a group which is eliminated when a coupler which is represented by formula (I) reacts with an oxidation production of a developing agent.