Silver halide photographic material

A silver halide photographic material comprising a support having provided thereon a silver halide emulsion layer and another hydrophilic colloidal layer, in which said silver halide emulsion layer contains at least one sensitizing dye selected from the group consisting of a compound represented by formula (I):

• ##STR17## wherein Z and Z.sub.1 each represents a non-metallic atomic group necessary to complete a 5- or 6-membered nitrogen-containing heterocyclic ring;
• R.sub.10 and R.sub.11 each represents a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, or an aryl group;
• Q.sub.10 and Q.sub.11 are taken together to represent a non-metallic atomic group necessary to complete a 4-thiazolildinone, 5-thiazolidinone or 4-imidazolidinone nucleus;
• L.sub.10, L.sub.11 and L.sub.12 each represents a substituted or unsubstituted methine group;
• or L.sub.10 and R.sub.10 or L.sub.12 and R.sub.11 are connected via a methine chain to form a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic ring;
• n.sub.10 and n.sub.11 each represents 0 or 1;
• X represents an anion;
• m represents 0 or 1;
• and when m is 0, the compound has a structure of an intramolecular salt, and a compound represented by formula (II):
• ##STR18## wherein Z.sub.21 and Z.sub.22 each represents a non-metallic atomic group necessary to form a substituted or unsubstituted benzothiazole, benzoselenazole, naphthothiazole, naphthoselenazole or quinoline ring;
• R.sub.21 and R.sub.22 each represents a lower alkyl group, or an alkyl group having a sulfo or carboxyl group;
• R.sub.23 represents a lower alkyl group;
• X represents an anion;
• n1 and n2 each represents 1 or 2;
• m represents 1 or 0;
• and when m is 0, the compound has a structure of an intramolecular salt,
• said silver halide emulsion layer, said hydrophilic colloidal layer;
• or bath contains a dye represented by Formula (III):
• ##STR19## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 each represents a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, a cyano group, --COOR.sub.5, --CONR.sub.5 R.sub.6, --COR.sub.7, --SO2R.sub.7, --SOR.sub.7, --SO.sub.2 NR.sub.5 R.sub.6, --OR.sub.5, --NR.sub.5 R.sub.6, --NR.sub.6 COR.sub.7, --NR.sub.5 CONR.sub.5 R.sub.6, or --NR.sub.6 SO.sub.2 R.sub.7, wherein R.sub.5 and R.sub.6 each represents a hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group;
• R.sub.7 represents an alkyl group or an aryl group;
• or R.sub.5 and R.sub.6, or R.sub.6 and R.sub.7 are taken together to form a 5- or 6-membered ring;
• R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 each represents a hydrogen atom or alkyl group;
• Q.sub.1 and Q.sub.2 each represents a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group;
• X.sub.1 and X.sub.2 each represents a mere bond or a divalent linking group;
• Y.sub.1 and Y.sub.2 each represents a sulfo group or a carboxyl group;
• L.sub.1, L.sub.2, and L.sub.3 each represents a substituted or unsubstituted methine group;
• n represents 0, 1, or 2;
• m1 and m2 each represents 1 or 2;
• p1 and p2 each represents 0, 1, 2, 3, or 4;
• and q1 and q2 each represents 1, 2, or 3, wherein in formula (III) the alkyl group as represented by R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.5, R.sub.6, and R.sub.7 contains up to 8 carbon atoms, the alkyl group as represented by R.sub.3 or R.sub.4 contains up to 4 carbon atoms, the aryl group as represented by R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.5, R.sub.6, and R.sub.7 is a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl group or a substituted or unsubstituted naphthyl group, and the aryl group as represented by Q.sub.1 or Q.sub.2 is an unsubstituted phenyl group, an unsubstituted naphthyl group, or a phenyl or naphthyl group substituted with a substituent other than sulfo and carboxyl groups.