Eastman-kodak Company

Christopher W Grote

Stephen P Singer

Janet N Younathan

Robert C Stewart

Jerrold N Poslusny

John W Harder

Louis Elbert Friedrich

David S Ross

This invention relates to a multilayer silver halide photographic element, generally processed with phenylenediamine based developer solutions, comprising a support bearing a cyan dye image-forming unit comprised of at least one red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith at least one cyan dye-forming coupler, a magenta dye image-forming unit comprising at least one green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith at least one magenta dye-forming coupler, and a yellow dye image-forming unit comprising at least one blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith at least one yellow dye-forming coupler, wherein at least one layer additionally contains a 2-substituted-5-amino-1-napthol DIR according to Formula (I): wherein: It has been found that such 2-substituted-5-amino-1-napthol based DIRs have improved properties and can provide a conventional silver halide photographic element with excellent image structure and color reproduction.

Photographic material with improved development inhibitor releases

Color photographic element containing coupler moiety with improved amino acid timing group

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Rochester, NY, United States of America

Christopher W Grote