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  • G03C—PHOTOSENSITIVE MATERIALS FOR PHOTOGRAPHIC PURPOSES; PHOTOGRAPHIC PROCESSES, e.g. CINE, X-RAY, COLOUR, STEREO-PHOTOGRAPHIC PROCESSES; AUXILIARY PROCESSES IN PHOTOGRAPHY
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  • G03—PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
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  • G03C7/00—Multicolour photographic processes or agents therefor; Regeneration of such processing agents; Photosensitive materials for multicolour processes
  • G03C7/30—Colour processes using colour-coupling substances; Materials therefor; Preparing or processing such materials
  • G03C7/305—Substances liberating photographically active agents, e.g. development-inhibiting releasing couplers
  • G03C7/30576—Substances liberating photographically active agents, e.g. development-inhibiting releasing couplers characterised by the linking group between the releasing and the released groups, e.g. time-groups

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• This invention relates to a photographic material and processing comprising a combination of couplers at least two of which are couplers capable of forming wash-out dyes in a photographic material upon photographic processing to form an improved image.
• a photographic development inhibitor IDH
• US-A-4,248,962 describes compounds that release photographically useful groups by means of an intramolecular nucleophilic displacement reaction in photographic materials.
• Other examples of means for release of photographically useful groups are described in, for example, US-A-4,409,323 and 4,861,701.
• the part of the compound that remains in the photographic material after release of the photographically useful group, (PUG), especially a development inhibitor group, and the dye that is formed in the material from reaction with oxidized color developer often provides undesired properties in the photographic material during or after photographic processing.
• the dye formed from a coupler upon release of a photographically useful group often adversely affects the desired image.
• One answer to this has been to provide a coupler that has a water solubilizing group on the parent coupler to enable the dye formed from the coupler to be washed-out of the photographic element upon photographic processing.
• Such couplers are described, for example, in US-A-4,482,629 and 5,026,628.
• such needs have existed with the added parameter that such a combination of couplers must not require significant modification of the development inhibitor groups and such groups should not be released in a way that would adversely affect the ultimate end use of the groups.
• the present invention enables these advantages by means of a color photographic element comprising a support bearing at least one photographic silver halide emulsion layer and a combination of at least two different couplers wherein (a) at least one of the couplers is a coupler (A) capable upon reaction with oxidized developer of forming a compound that is washed out of the photographic element during photographic processing and capable of release of a photographic development inhibitor group and (b) at least one of the couplers is a coupler (B) that upon reaction with oxidized developer is capable of releasing a coupling-off group that in sequence is capable of releasing a timing group and a photographic development inhibitor group or is capable of releasing a photographic development inhibitor group in the absence of a timing group.
• Such a combination of couplers is especially useful to enable improved tailoring of interlayer interimage effects in the color photographic element and process, such as the interimage effects between the green and red layers of a color photographic element.
• This combination of couplers enables, for example, better control of color saturation, the sensitometric curve shape of the image and acutance of the image.
• the coupler (A) can be any coupler that is capable upon reaction with oxidized developer, especially oxidized color developer, of forming a compound, preferably a dye, that is washed out of the photographic element during photographic processing and is capable of release of a photographic development inhibitor group.
• the coupler (A) can be, for example, represented by the formula: (SOL) y -COUP-(REL) n -(TIME) p -INH wherein SOL is a water solubilizing group. SOL is known in the photographic art such as described in US-A-5,026,628.
• the water solubilizing group can be selected from such groups as carboxyl, sulfo, and hydroxyl groups which may also form a salt as described in U.S. Patent 4,482,629 (incorporated herein by reference) and is of sufficient hydrophilicity to impart good alkali solubility to the dye formed by the coupling reaction with an oxidized product of a color forming developing agent with the coupler (A).
• Preferred SOL groups are -CONH2, -CONHCH3, -CO2H, and -OH.
• COUP is a coupler moiety, such as a cyan, magenta or yellow dye forming coupler moiety
• REL is a releasing group known in the photographic art, such as described in U.S. Patent 5,026,628, preferably containing a photographic ballast group
• n and p individually are 0 or 1
• INH is a releasable development inhibitor group, also known in the photographic art.
• Typical development inhibitor groups include compounds having a heterocyclic ring as described in, for example, US-A-4,782,012; 4,477,563; 4,886,736; 4,912,024; and 5,026,628, the disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference.
• Preferred development inhibitor groups include mercaptotetrazoles, mercaptoxadiazoles, mercaptothiadiazoles and benzotriazoles.
• the coupler (B) can be any coupler that upon reaction with oxidized developer is capable of releasing a coupling-off group that in sequence is capable of releasing a timing group, known in the photographic art, and a photographic development inhibitor group or is capable of releasing a photographic development inhibitor group in the absence of a timing group.
• the coupler (B) can be represented by the formula: (SOL) y -COUP-(TIME) m -INH wherein SOL is a water solubilizing group, as described; COUP is a coupler moiety, as described, such as a cyan, magenta or yellow dye forming coupler moiety, with the remainder of the molecule bonded at the coupling position; TIME is a releasable timing group capable upon photographic processing of timing release of INH, such as timing groups known in the photographic art, described in, for example, US-A-4,409,323 and 4,248,962; and y and m are 0, 1 or 2.
• the color photographic element comprises a support bearing at least one photographic silver halide emulsion layer and a combination of at least two different couplers (A) and (B), coupler (A) capable upon reaction with oxidized developer of forming a compound that is washed out of the photographic element during photographic processing and capable of releasing a photographic development inhibitor or capable of releasing a timing group having a photographic development inhibitor, the timing group capable of providing timed release of said photographic development inhibitor and coupler (B) capable upon reaction with oxidized developer of forming a compound that is washed out of the photographic element during photographic processing and capable of releasing a photographic development inhibitor without time delay, couplers (A) and (B) represented by the formula: (SOL) y -COUP-(REL) n -(TIME) p -INH wherein SOL is a water solubilizing group; COUP is a coupler moiety; TIME is a timing group; REL is a releasing group containing a photographic ballast
• solubilizing group herein means any water solubilizing group that enables the dye formed from the couplers, as described, to be washed out of the photographic element upon photographic processing.
• solubilizing groups are preferably amide groups, such as CONH2 or CONHCH3, or carboxy groups as noted.
• the coupler moiety can have one or more solubilizing groups.
• the number and type of water solubilizing groups on the couplers as described should not be sufficient to make the couplers mobile in the photographic element prior to exposure and processing.
• the described REL and TIME groups can also contain water solubilizing groups if desired.
• REL group herein means any releasing group known in the photographic art that is bonded to the coupling position of the coupler moiety and is capable of being released upon oxidative coupling of the coupler.
• the REL is not a timing group that enables any significant delay of release of the described development inhibitor moiety during photographic processing.
• the REL group preferably comprises a photographic ballast group.
• TIME group herein means any timing group known in the photographic art that enable timing of release of the development inhibitor group during photographic processing of the described photographic element.
• the timing group is one described in, for example, US-A-4,409,323; 4,248,962 and 5,026,628.
• TIME referred to herein is delay of release as measured by half-life and can extend to, but not beyond the normal period of time required for developing the photographic element. That is, in the present invention at least half of the INH that is coupled off must be released at the end of the developing period.
• Delay of release of INH is usually not less than about 5 seconds, preferably is in the range of 5 to 600 seconds and typically in the range of 10 to 100 seconds. This can be determined in most cases in an aqueous solution at pH 10 or pH 14.
• REL i.e. release
• the timing group in the development of a photographic element is without substantial delay.
• Release of the timing group can occur in not normally greater than 5 seconds, preferably less than 2 to 3 seconds, and typically less than 1 second half-life.
• the half-life can be determined in most cases in an aqueous solution at pH 10 or pH 14.
• aqueous solution at pH 10 is meant an aqueous solution containing 3% Triton X-100, (a non-ionic surfactant, available from the Aldrich Chemical Co., Milwaukee, WI.), at 23 o C and pH adjusted to 10 using phosphate buffer.
• Triton X-100 a non-ionic surfactant, available from the Aldrich Chemical Co., Milwaukee, WI.
• aqueous solution at pH 14 is meant an solution containing 45% acetonitrile and 55% aqueous 0.1N potassium hydroxide at 23 o C.
• a preferred coupler (A) is represented by the formula: wherein R 1a can be hydrogen, unsubstituted alkyl containing 1-3 carbon atoms, or alkyl or aryl containing at least one solubilizing group as described; R 2a , R 3a and R 4a are individually hydrogen, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl or aryl, or a substituent which does not adversely affect the release of INH nor the ability of the dye formed upon reaction with oxidized developer from washing out of the photographic element; R 5a can be hydrogen, methyl, or -NO2, Cl, -NHSO2R, -SO2NHR, -OCH3, -NHCOR or -CONHR wherein R can be substituted or unsubstituted alkyl or aryl containing 1-10 carbon atoms and which does not adversely affect the release of INH; at least one of R 2a , R 3a and R 4a is a photographic ballast group; s is 0 or 1; and I
• R 1b and R 2b can be substituted or unsubstituted alkyl or aryl containing at least one solubilizing group as described;
• R 3b , R 4b and R 5b are individually hydrogen, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl or aryl, or a substituent which does not adversely affect the release of INH;
• at least one of R 3b , R 4b and R 5b is a photographic ballast group;
• s is 0 or 1; and INH is a development inhibitor group as described.
• alkyl or aryl containing 1-10 carbon atoms herein means that the groups enable sufficient water solubility for the dye formed to be washed out of the photographic element upon processing which can for example, contain a water solublizing group.
• R 6a can be hydrogen, alkyl containing 1-3 carbon atoms, or substituted or unsubstituted alkyl or aryl containing at least one solubilizing group as described
• R 7a or R 12a can be hydrogen, methyl, or -NO2, Cl, -NHSO2R 15a , -SO2NHR 15a , -OCH3, -NHCOR 15a or -CONHR 15a wherein R 15a can be substituted or unsubstituted alkyl or aryl containing 1-10 carbon atoms and which do not adversely affect the release of INH such as -NO2, Cl, -OCH3, -CONHCH3, NHCOCH3, SO2NHCH3;
• R 8a can be hydrogen, methyl, or -NO2, Cl, -NHSO2R 16a , -SO2NHR 16a , -OCH3, -NHC
• the first part of the coupling off group directly bonded to the coupling position of the coupler may contain a carbamate type group releasing through intramolecular cyclisation reaction which may be replaced with a quinone-methide group or other such group releasing through an elimination reaction.
• a preferred coupler (B) is represented by the formula: wherein R 1a can be hydrogen, alkyl containing 1-3 carbon atoms, or alkyl or aryl containing at least one solubilizing group as described; R 2a , R 3a and R 4a are individually hydrogen, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl or aryl, or a substituent which does not adversely affect the release of INH; R 5a can be hydrogen, methyl, or -NO2, Cl, -NHSO2R, -SO2NHR, -OCH3, -NHCOR or -CONHR wherein R can be substituted or unsubstituted alkyl or aryl containing 1-10 carbon atoms and which does not adversely affect the release of INH; at least one of R 2a , R 3a and R 4a is a photographic ballast group; s is 0 or 1; and INH is a releasable development inhibitor group and may be selected from a mercaptotetra
• R 1b and R 2b can be substituted or unsubstituted alkyl containing at least one solubilizing group as described;
• R 3b , R 4b and R 5b are individually hydrogen, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl or aryl, or a substituent which does not adversely affect the release of INH;
• at least one of R 3b , R 4b and R 5b is a photographic ballast group;
• s is 0 or 1; and INH is a development inhibitor group as described.
• alkyl or aryl containing 1-10 carbon atoms herein means that the groups enable sufficient water solubility for the dye formed to be washed out of the photographic element upon processing which can for example, contain a water solublizing group.
• R 6a can be hydrogen, alkyl containing 1-3 carbon atoms, or substituted or unsubstituted alkyl or aryl containing at least one solubilizing group as described
• R 7a or R 12a can be hydrogen, methyl, or -NO2, Cl, -NHSO2R 15a , -SO2NHR 15a , -OCH3, -NHCOR 15a or -CONHR 15a wherein R 15a can be substituted or unsubstituted alkyl or aryl containing 1-10 carbon atoms and which do not adversely affect the release of INH
• R 8a can be hydrogen, methyl, or -NO2, Cl, -NHSO2R 16a , -SO2NHR 16a , -OCH3, -NHCOR 16a or -CONHR 16a wherein R 16a can be substituted or unsubstituted alkyl
• the first part of the coupling off group directly bonded to the coupling position of the coupler may contain a carbamate type group releasing through intramolecular cyclisation reaction which may be replaced with a quinone-methide group or other such group releasing through an elimination reaction.
• R 6b and R 7b are selected from substituted or unsubstituted alky or aryl containing 1-10 carbon atoms
• R 8b is selected from hydrogen, methyl, -NO2, Cl, -NHSO2R 15a , -SO2NHR 15a , -OCH3, -NHCOR 15a and -CONHR 15a and R 15a is selected from substituted or unsubstituted alkyl or aryl containing 1-40 carbon atoms and which do not adversely affect the release of INH
• R 9b and R 10b is selected from hydrogen, methyl, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl or aryl containing 1-40 carbon atoms
• R 11b can be methyl, substituted alkyl or aryl containing 1-40 carbon atoms
• s is 0 or 1
• at least one of R 8b , R 9b , R 10b , and R 11b contains a photographic ballast
• coupler (A) are as follows:
• coupler (B) are as follows: While above compounds have been shown using a nitro group, it will be appreciated that other electron withdrawing groups such as sulfones, nitriles and halogens such as chlorine can be used.
• a preferred embodiment of the invention is a color photographic element comprising a support bearing; at least one red sensitive photographic silver halide emulsion layer comprising at least one cyan image dye-forming coupler; at least one green sensitive photographic silver halide emulsion layer comprising at least one magenta image dye-forming coupler, such as a pyrazolone, a pyrazolotriazole or polymeric magenta image dye-forming coupler, and a combination of couplers (A) and (B) as described; and, at least one blue sensitive photographic silver halide emulsion layer comprising at least one yellow image dye-forming coupler.
• the combination of the couplers (A) and (B) in at least one of the magenta image dye-forming layers is especially useful to enable advantageous interimage effects that provide improved color images.
• the ratios and concentrations of the couplers (A) and (B) in the described photographic element can vary depending upon such factors as the desired image, the particular silver halide emulsions in the element, photographic processing, the strength of the development inhibitor, other components in the element, and the like.
• the ratio of coupler (A) to (B) can be within the range of 0.1 to 20, preferrably 0.3 to 15, and typically 0.3 to 10.
• the hue of the color image in a layer containing couplers (A) and (B) can be the same as or different from the hues of the dyes formed from the couplers (A) and (B).
• the couplers (A) and (B) can form a cyan colored dye in layer comprising an image dye-forming coupler that forms a magenta dye image.
• Couplers (A) and (B) form no permanent dyes and can be used in or in associative contact with any dye forming element.
• ballast group is known in the photographic art.
• the photographic ballast group as described is an organic group of such size and configuration as to confer on the molecule sufficient bulk to render the molecule substantially non-diffusible from the layer in which it is coated in a photographic element.
• Representative ballast groups include substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, aryl, ester, carbonamide, carbamoyl, sulfonamide, sulfamoyl, sulfone, sulfoxide and alkoxy groups typically containing 8 to 40 carbon atoms.
• Coupler and “coupler compound” refer to the entire compound, including the coupler moiety and the coupling-off group including the INH.
• the term “coupler moiety” refers to that portion of the compound other than the coupling-off group.
• the coupler moiety can be any moiety that will react with oxidized color developing agent to cleave the bond between the coupling-off group and the coupler moiety.
• the coupler moiety herein includes coupler moieties employed in conventional color-forming couplers that yield colorless products on reaction with oxidized color developing agents as well as coupler moieties that yield colored products on reaction with oxidized color developing agents. Both types of coupler moieties are well known to those skilled in the photographic art.
• the coupler moiety can be ballasted or unballasted provided that the dye formed upon oxidative coupling with the unballasted coupler is capable of being washed out of the photographic element. It can be monomeric, or it can be part of a dimeric, oligomeric or polymeric coupler.
• the photographic element can also comprise a coupler that is capable of releasing another photographic reagent or a photographic dye.
• a photographic reagent herein is a moiety that upon release further reacts with components in the photographic element, such as a development inhibitor, a development accelerator, a bleach inhibitor, a bleach accelerator, a coupler (for example, a competing coupler, a dye-forming coupler, or a development inhibitor releasing coupler [DIR coupler]), a dye precursor, a dye, a developing agent (for example, a competing developing agent, a dye-forming developing agent, or a silver halide developing agent), a silver complexing agent, a fixing agent, an image toner, a stabilizer, a hardener, a tanning agent, a fogging agent, an ultraviolet radiation absorber, an antifoggant, a nucleator, a chemical or spectral sensitizer or a desensitizer.
• a development inhibitor for example, a competing coupler, a dye-forming couple
• the INH can be present in the coupling-off group as a preformed species or it can be present in a blocked form or as a precursor.
• the INH can be in particular a preformed development inhibitor or the development inhibiting function can be blocked.
• INH can be any releasable development inhibitor group.
• Typical INH groups are described in, for example US-A-4,477,563; 4,782,012; 4,886,736; 4,912,024; 4,959,299; and 5,026,628; the disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference.
• Preferred development inhibitor groups are heterocyclic inhibitor groups which for example, include mercaptotetrazoles, mercaptoxadiazoles, mercaptothiadiazoles and benzotriazoles. Structures A-1 through A-8 as follows, represent typical releasable development inhibitor groups.
• R b , R e , R h , and R i are individually hydrogen, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl of 1 to 8 carbon atoms such as methyl, ethyl, propyl, butyl, 1-ethylpentyl, 2-ethoxyethyl, substituted phenyl, unsubstituted phenyl; substituted or unsubstituted phenyl of 6 to 10 carbon atoms; alkylthio, such as methyl, ethyl, propyl, butyl or octylthio; or alkyl esters such as -CO2CH3, -CO2C2H5, -CO2C3H7, -CO2C4H9, CH2CO2CH3, -CH2CO2C2H5, -CH2CO2C3H7, -CH2CO2C4H9, - CH2CH2CO2CH3, -CH2CH2CO2C2C
• the photographic couplers of the invention can be incorporated in photographic elements by means and precesses known in the photographic art. In a photographic element prior to exposure and processing the photographic coupler should be of such size and configuration that it will not diffuse through the photographic layers.
• Photographic elements of this invention can be processed by conventional techniques in which color forming couplers and color developing agents are incorporated in separate processing solutions or compositions or in the element.
• Photographic elements in which the compounds of this invention are incorporated can be a simple element comprising a support and a single silver halide emulsion layer or they can be multilayer, multicolor elements.
• the compounds of this invention can be incorporated in at least one of the silver halide emulsion layers and/or in at least one other layer, such as an adjacent layer, where they will come into reactive association with oxidized color developing agent which has developed silver halide in the emulsion layer.
• the silver halide emulsion layer can contain or have associated with it, other photographic coupler compounds, such as dye-forming couplers, colored masking couplers, and/or competing couplers. These other photographic couplers can form dyes of the same or different color and hue as the photographic couplers of this invention.
• the silver halide emulsion layers and other layers of the photographic element can contain addenda conventionally contained in such layers.
• Each silver halide emulsion unit can be composed of one or more layers and the various units and layers can be arranged in different locations with respect to one another.
• the light sensitive silver halide emulsions can include coarse, regular or fine grain silver halide crystals or mixtures thereof and can be comprised of such silver halides as silver chloride, silver bromide, silver bromoiodide, silver chlorobromide, silver chloroiodide, silver chlorobromoiodide and mixtures thereof.
• the emulsions can be negative-working or direct-positive emulsions. They can form latent images predominantly on the surface of the silver halide grains or predominantly on the interior of the silver halide grains. They can be chemically and spectrally sensitized.
• the emulsions typically will be gelatin emulsions although other hydrophilic colloids are useful.
• T-grains and conventional emulsions are particularly preferred.
• T-grains and conventional emulsions with high cubic character are particularly preferred.
• Tabular grain light sensitive silver halides are particularly useful such as described in Research Disclosure , January 1983, Item No. 22534 and U.S. Pat. No. 4,434,226.
• the support can be any support used with photographic elements. Typical supports include cellulose nitrate film, cellulose acetate film, polyvinylacetal film, polyethylene terephthalate film, polycarbonate film and related films or resinous materials as well as glass, paper, metal and the like. Typically, a flexible support is employed, such as a polymeric film or paper support. Paper supports can be acetylated or coated with baryta and/or an ⁇ -olefin polymer, particularly a polymer of an ⁇ -olefin containing 2 to 10 carbon atoms such as polyethylene, polypropylene, ethylene-butene copolymers and the like.
• the photographic couplers as described can be used in photographic elements in the same way as photographic couplers which release development inhibitor groups. However, because of the improved ability to control the release of the INH, couplers of the invention permit enhanced effects or more selective effects.
• Couplers as described which release a development inhibitor can be contained in, or in reactive association with, one or more of the silver halide emulsion units in a color photographic element. If the silver halide emulsion unit is composed of more than one layer, one or more of such layers can contain the couplers as described and preferred is the use of segregated layers, by relative sensitivity, of emulsions with the same spectral sensitivity. The layers can contain other photographic couplers conventionally used in the art.
• the photographic elements can be coated on a variety of supports as described in Research Disclosure Section XVII and the references described therein.
• Photographic elements can be exposed to actinic radiation, typically in the visible region of the spectrum, to form a latent image as described in Research Disclosure Section XVIII and the processed to form a visible dye image as described in Research Disclosure Section XIX.
• Processing to form a visible dye image includes the step of contacting the element with a color developing agent to reduce developable silver halide and oxidize the color developing agent. Oxidized color developing agent in turn reacts with the coupler to yield a dye.
• Preferred color developing agents useful in the invention are p-phenylene diamines.
• the processing step described above gives a negative image.
• this step can be preceded by development with a non-chromogenic developing agent to develop exposed silver halide, but not form a dye, and then uniformly fogging the element to render unexposed silver halide developable.
• a direct positive emulsion can be employed to obtain a positive image.
• Photographic elements in which the DIR compounds of this invention are incorporated are preferably multilayer, multicolor elements.
• the DIR compounds of this invention can release development inhibitors to enhance the effect of intralayer acutance, as well as causing interimage to other layers for acutance and color corrections of other color records.
• these DIR compounds are extremely effective to make their own color record a very good receiver of the interlayer interimage effect (IIE). As a consequence of this increased ability to receive IIE, acutance and color saturation are significantly improved.
• IIE interlayer interimage effect
• Black colloidal silver sol containing 0.323 g/m2 of silver and 2.691 g/m2 gelatin.
• Red-sensitized tabular silver iodobromide emulsion (6.0 mole % iodide) at 0.81 g/m2, cyan dye-forming image coupler C-1 at 0.151 g/m2, DIR compound D-1 at 0.065 g/m2, D-3 at 0.032 g/m2, gelatin at 1.68 g/m2, and antifoggant 4-hydroxy-6-methyl-1-1,3,3a,7-tetraazaindene at 0.036 g/m2.4-hydroxy-6-methyl-1,3,3a,7-tetraazaindene at 0.036 g/m2.
• Green-sensitized tabular silver iodobromide emulsion (6.0 mole % iodide) at 0.54 g/m2, green-sensitized tabular emulsion (1.5 mole % iodide) at 0.26 g/m2, magenta dye-forming image coupler M-1 at 0,344 g/m2, DIR compound (DIR-1) at 0.075 g/m2, masking coupler M-2 at 0.108 g/m2, gelatin at 1.64 g/m2, and antifoggant 4-hydroxy-6-methyl-1,3,3a,7-tetraazaindene at 0.036 g/m2.
• a blend of two green-sensitized tabular silver iodobromide grains a fast emulsion (3.0 mole % iodide) at 0.754 g/m2, a medium speed emulsion (3.0 mole % iodide) at 0.538 g/m2, magenta dye-forming image coupler M-1 at 0.151 g/m2, masking coupler M-2 at 0.065 g/m2, gelatin at 1.40 g/m2, DIR coupler(s) as described in Table I, and antifoggant 4-hydroxy-6-methyl-1,3,3a,7-tetraazaindene at 0.036 g/m2.
• Blue-sensitized tabular silver iodobromide emulsion (3.0 mole % iodide) at 0.36 g/m2
• blue-sensitized tabular silver bromoiodide emulsion (3.0 mole % iodide) at 0.10 g/m2
• gelatin at 1.73 g/m2
• yellow dye-forming image coupler Y-1 at 0.883 g/m2
• DIR coupler D-4 at 0.097 g/m2.
• Gelatin at 1.24 g/m2, silver bromide Lippmann emulsion at 0.23 g/m2, UV absorbers at 0.23 g/m2, and bis(vinylsulfonyl)methane added at 1.8% of total gelatin weight.
• a photographic recording material was prepared in a manner as described. The following modifications were made in the Layer 6 (Fast Magenta Layer): The combinations of couplers described in Table 1 were used. The results are given in the following Table 1 at the concentrations used.
• Example 1 illustrates a color photographic element comprising a combination of DIR couplers both of which form a wash-out dye.
• Table I The results of Example 1 are given in the following Table I:
• the following example and data illustrate a color photographic element comprising a combination of a DIR coupler that does not form a wash-out type dye with an acetanilide type DIR coupler that forms a wash-out type dye.
• the following example and data illustrate a color photographic element comprising a combination of two DIR couplers each of which forms a wash-out type dye.
• Example 2 The procedure described in Example 1 was repeated with the couplers UDIR-1 and UDIR-2 at the concentration given in following Table III: TABLE III Expt.No. Layer 6 (U)DIR Laydown (mg/m2) Gamma G of G Gamma G of N Gamma Ratio Gamma R of N 1 UDIR-2 (0) + UDIR-1 (34.4) 1.75 0.74 2.37 0.66 2 UDIR-2 (32.3) + UDIR (25.8) 1.50 0.71 2.11 0.65 3 UDIR-2 (64.6) + UDIR-1 (17.2) 1.31 0.71 1.86 0.60 4 UDIR-2 (96.9) + UDIR-1 (8.6) 1.17 0.71 1.65 0.58 5 UDIR-2 (129.2) + UDIR-1 (0) 1.11 0.71 1.56 0.54
• Example 2 TABLE IV Expt.No. Layer 6 (U)DIR Laydown (mg/m2) Gamma G of G Gamma G of N Gamma Ratio Gamma R of N 1 UDIR-2 (0) + UDIR-4 (17.2) 1.86 0.64 2.91 0.590 2 UDIR-2 (21) + UDIR-4 (12.9) 1.80 0.64 2.81 0.577 3 UDIR-2 (42) + UDIR-4 (8.6) 1.76 0.65 2.71 0.548 4 UDIR-2 (63) + UDIR-4 (4.3) 1.63 0.65 2.51 0.536 5 UDIR-2 (84) + UDIR-4 (0) 1.56 0.65 2.40 0.528
• Example 1 The procedure described in Example 1 was repeated with the replacement of the noted DIR couplers with the DIR couplers listed in Tables V-VIII.
• Table V is another example in which both DIR couplers form wash-out dyes.
• Tables VI-VIII are examples in which one of the DIR couplers forms a wash-out dye while the second forms a dye which does not wash-out. TABLE V Expt. No.

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