Photographic processing composition containing heterocycle combination and method of forming image

Abstract

A photographic processing composition for silver halide color photographic lightsensitive material, comprising at least one compound represented by the formula (I): A1—X—L—Y—A2  (I) wherein each of A1 and A2 independently represents an aryl group or an aromatic heterocyclic group, L represents an aromatic heterocyclic group, with the proviso that a triazine ring is not represented thereby, and each of X and Y independently represents O, S or NR1, wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, with the proviso that the molecule of the formula (I) has a substituent containing at least one of —OH, —CO2M and —SO3M groups, wherein M represents a hydrogen atom, an alkali metal, an alkaline earth metal, an ammonium or a pyridinium, and provided that the molecule of the formula (I) has no azo group.

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