Eastman-kodak Company

Wayne F Erickson

Michael D McCreary

William C Farley

Allan Francis Sowinski

Stephen J Rowan

Richard A Chasman

William S Raymond

Ronald R Andrews

Gregory G Gresock

A color negative photographic element is disclosed containing yellow, magenta and cyan dye-forming couplers and masking dyes. Visual judging of the negative image obtained following processing is facilitated by choosing the masking dyes to provide, following imagewise exposure and processing, in CIE1976(L.sup.* a.sup.* b.sup.*) color space L.sup.* values of greater than 30 and C.sup.* values of less than 20, where C.sup.* values are derived from the formula: C.sup.* =[(a.sup.*).sup.2 +(b.sup.*).sup.2 ].sup.1/2.

Color negatives adapted for visual inspection

A method for processing a silver halide photographic element having a support on the bottom and a light sensitive silver halide emulsion layer on the top, comprising:

Device and method for handling and processing photographic film

Photographic elements, film units, processes and alkaline processing compositions are described wherein certain substituted 1-phenyl-3-pyrazolidinones are employed as electron transfer agents in color image transfer materials. The silver halide electron transfer agents or precursors thereof have the following formula: ##STR1## wherein: R is hydrogen or a hydrolyzable moiety;

Substituted 1-phenyl-3-pyrazolidinone electron transfer agents

Photographic elements, film units, processes and alkaline processing compositions are described wherein certain subsituted 1-phenyl-3-pyrazolidinones are employed as electron transfer agents in color image transfer materials. The silver halide electron transfer agents or precursors thereof have the following formula: ##STR1## wherein: R is hydrogen or a hydrolyzable moiety;

Photographic elements, film units and processes are described having bifunctional benzisoxazolones of the formula: ##STR1## wherein: R is alkyl or aryl;

Bifunctional benzisoxazolone compounds

Photographic elements, film units and processes are described wherein N-alkyl- or N-aryl-benzisoxazolones are used to scavenge oxidized electron transfer agents in negative-working, color image transfer elements. The scavenger precursor compounds can be located in an emulsion layer or in a dye image-providing material layer, and in a ballasted form can be located in an interlayer.

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Webster, NY, United States of America

Wayne F Erickson