A silver halide color reversal photographic material comprising on a support a blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing a yellow dye forming coupler, a green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing a magenta dye forming coupler and a red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing a cyan dye forming coupler, wherein the photographic material has an ISO speed of 80 or more, and when exposed and processed in accordance with the following processing to obtain a characteristic curve based on status A density, the photographic material exhibits a gradation (γh) of at least 1.1 within the magenta dye density range of 0.3 to 1.0 on the characteristic curve and a gradation (γs) of at least 1.9 within the magenta dye density range of 1.0 to 2.5 on the characteristic curve and the photographic material meets the following requirement:
- |IIEh|/|IIEs|>1.00
- Processing:
- Step
- Temperature
- Time
- First developing
- 6 min.
- 38° C.
- Washing
- 2 min.
- 38° C.
- Reversal
- 2 min.
- 38° C.
- Color developing
- 6 min.
- 38° C.
- Conditioning
- 2 min.
- 38° C.
- Bleaching
- 6 min.
- 38° C.
- Fixing
- 4 min.
- 38° C.
- Washing
- 4 min.
- 38° C.
- Drying
- wherein the following processing solutions are used:
- First Developing Solution
- Sodium tetrapolyphosphate
- 2
- g
- Sodium sulfite
- 20
- g
- Hydroquinone monosulfate
- 30
- g
- Sodium carbonate (monohydrate)
- 30
- g
- 1-Phenyl-4-methyl-4-hydroxymethyl-3-pyrazolidone
- 2
- g
- Potassium bromide
- 2.5
- g
- Potassium thiocyanate
- 1.2
- g
- Potassium iodide (0.1% solution)
- 2
- ml
- Water to make 1000 ml (and pH of 9.60).
- Reversal Solution
- Hexasodium nitrilotrimethylene phosphonate
- 3
- g
- Stannous chloride (dihydrate)
- 1
- g
- p-Aminophenol
- 0.1
- g
- Sodium hydroxide
- 8
- g
- Glacial acetic acid
- 15
- ml
- Water to make 1000 ml (pH of 5.75)
- Color Developing Solution
- Sodium tetrapolyphosphate
- 3
- g
- Sodium sulfite
- 7
- g
- Sodium tertiary phosphate (dihydrate)
- 36
- g
- Potassium bromide
- 1
- g
- Potassium iodide (0.1% solution)
- 90
- ml
- Sodium hydroxide
- 3
- g
- Citrazinic acid
- 1.5
- g
- N-ethyl-N-(β-methanesulfonamidoethyl)-
- 11
- g
- 3-methyl-4-aminoaniline sulfate
- 2,2-Ethylendithioethanol
- 1
- g
- Water to make 1000 ml (pH of 11.70)
- Conditioning solution
- Sodium sulfite
- 12
- g
- Sodium ethylenediaminetertaacetate (dihydrate)
- 8
- g
- Thioglycerin
- 0.4
- g
- Glacial acetic acid
- 3
- ml
- Water to make 1000 ml (pH of 6.15)
- Bleaching Solution
- Sodium ethylenediaminetertaacetate (dihydrate)
- 2
- g
- Ammonium ferric ethylenediaminetetraacetate
- 120
- g
- (dihydrate)
- Potassium bromide
- 100
- g
- Water to make 1000 ml (pH of 5.56)
- Fixing Solution
- Ammonium thiosulfate
- 80
- g
- Sodium sulfite
- 5
- g
- Sodium bisulfite
- 5
- g
- Water to make 1000 ml (pH o 6.60)
- and wherein IIEs and IIEh are interimage effect characteristic values at a density of 2.0 and 0.4 respectively, and are defined according to the following equations:
- IIEs=IIEs(BG)+IIEs(BR)+IIEs(GB)+IIEs(GR)+IIEs(RB)+IIEs(RG) (1)
- IIEh=IIEh(BG)+IIEh(BR)+IIEh(GB)+IIEh(GR)+IIEh(RB)+IIEh(RG) (2)
- wherein when the photographic material is exposed to each of blue, green, red, yellow, magenta and cyan light for 1/100 sec. using a white light source of 5400 K and a blue gelatin filter, a green gelatin filter, a red gelatin filter, a yellow gelatin filter, a magenta gelatin filter, and a cyan gelatin filter and processed according to the foregoing processing to obtain characteristic curves based on status A density and to determine an exposure amount (Es) giving a density of 2.0 and an exposure amount (Eh) giving a density of 0.4 on the characteristic curves for each of the blue-sensitive layer, the green-sensitive layer and the red-sensitive layer, characteristic values of interimage effects at densities of 2.0 and 0.4, represented by IIEs(BG), IIEs(BR), IIEs(GB), IIEs(GR), IIEs(RB) and IIEs(RG);
- IIEh(BG), IIEh(BR), IIEh(GB), IIEh(GR), IIEh(RB) and IIEh(RG) are defined as follows;
- IIEs(BG)=−Log(Es(Y(G))−(−Log(Es(B′(G))) (3-1)
- IIEh(BG)=−Log(Eh(Y(G))−(−Log(Eh(B′(G))) (3-2)
- IIEs(BR)=−Log(Es(Y(R))−(−Log(Es(B′(R))) (4-1)
- IIEh(BR)=−Log(Eh(Y(R))−(−Log(Eh(B′(R))) (4-2)
- IIEs(GB)=−Log(Es(M(B))−(−Log(Es(G′(B))) (5-1)
- IIEh(GB)=−Log(Eh(M(B))−(−Log(Eh(G′(B))) (5-2)
- IIEs(GR)=−Log(Es(M(R))−(−Log(Es(G′(R))) (6-1)
- IIEh(GR)=−Log(Eh(M(R))−(−Log(Eh(G′(R))) (6-2)
- IIEs(RB)=−Log(Es(C(B))−(−Log(Es(R′(B))) (7-1)
- IIEh(RB)=−Log(Eh(C(B))−(−Log(Eh(R′(B))) (7-2)
- IIEs(RG)=−Log(Es(C(G))−(−Log(Es(R′(G))) (8-1)
- IIEs(RG)=−Log(Eh(C(G))−(−Log(Eh(R′(G))) (8-2)
- wherein Es(Y(G)) and Eh(Y(G)) represent exposure amounts giving densities of 2.0 and 0.4 of the green-sensitive layer, respectively, when exposed through the yellow gelatin filter;
- Es(B′(G)) and Eh(B′(G)) represent exposure amounts giving densities of 2.0 and 0.4 of the green-sensitive layer, respectively, when exposed through the blue gelatin filter;
- Es(Y(R)) and Eh(Y(R)) represent exposure amounts giving densities of 2.0 and 0.4 of the red-sensitive layer, respectively, when exposed through filter the yellow gelatin filter;
- Es(B′(R)) and Eh(B′(R)) represent exposure amounts giving densities of 2.0 and 0.4 of the red-sensitive layer, respectively, when exposed through the blue gelatin filter;
- Es(M(B)) and Eh(M(B)) represent exposure amounts giving densities of 2.0 and 0.4 of the blue-sensitive layer, respectively, when exposed through the magenta gelatin filter;
- Es(G′(B)) and Eh(G′(B)) represent exposure amounts giving densities of 2.0 and 0.4 of the blue-sensitive layer, respectively, when exposed through the green gelatin filter;
- Es(M(R)) and Eh(M(R)) represent exposure amounts giving densities of 2.0 and 0.4 of the red-sensitive layer, respectively, when exposed through the magenta gelatin filter;
- Es(G′(R)) and Eh(G′(R)) represent exposure amounts giving densities of 2.0 and 0.4 of the red-sensitive layer, respectively, when exposed through the green gelatin filter;
- Es(C(B)) and Eh(C(B)) represent exposure amounts giving densities of 2.0 and 0.4 of the blue-sensitive layer, respectively, when exposed through the cyan gelatin filter;
- Es(R′(B)) and Eh(R′(B)) represent exposure amounts giving densities of 2.0 and 0.4 of the blue-sensitive layer, respectively, when exposed through the red gelatin filter;
- Es(C(G)) and Eh(C(G)) represent exposure amounts giving densities of 2.0 and 0.4 of the green-sensitive layer, respectively, when exposed through the cyan gelatin filter;
- Es(R′(G)) and Eh(R′(G)) represent exposure amounts giving densities of 2.0 and 0.4 of the green-sensitive layer, respectively, when exposed through the red gelatin filter.