Photographic element containing a DIR coupler

A multicolour photographic element comprising a support bearing a cyan image-dye-forming unit comprising a red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer and a cyan dye-forming coupler;

• a magenta image-dye-forming unit comprising at least one green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer and a magenta dye-forming coupler;
• a yellow image-dye-forming unit comprising at least one blue-sensitive silver halide layer and a yellow dye-forming coupler, and associated therewith at least one compound of general formula (I) or (II)
• wherein:
• Z is a moiety which can react with oxidized developer to release a coupling-off group;
• R1 is a hydrogen atom or a group selected from a halogen atom and an unsubstituted or substituted alkyl, aryl, alkoxy, aryloxy, alkyl- or aryl-thio, amino, alkyl- or aryl-amino, carbonamido, carbamoyl, alkoxy- or aryloxy-carbonyl, alkyl- or aryl-carbonyl, sulfonyl and sulfonamido group;
• each of the R2 substituents is a halogen atom or a group selected from an unsubstituted or substituted alkyl, aryl, alkoxy, aryloxy, alkyl- or aryl-thio, amino, alkyl- or aryl-amino, carbonamido, carbamoyl, alkoxy- or aryloxy-carbonyl, alkyl- or aryl-carbonyl, sulfonyl and sulfonamido group;
• X represents the atoms required to make a second ring which is aromatic and contains at least one nitrogen atom;
• n is from 0 to the number of carbon atoms in the second ring, with the proviso that if R1 is hydrogen,
• n is at least 1;
• TIME is a timing group and
• j is 0,1 or 2,
• wherein at least one of the layers comprises an emulsion comprising at least 50% silver chloride, and wherein in any one layer the DI(A)R coupler comprises at least 30% to about 90% of the total amount of coupler in that layer, wherein the total amount of coupler is the sum of the number of moles of image coupler and the number of moles of the DI(A)R coupler.