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US2304884A
US2304884A US387450A US38745041A US2304884A US 2304884 A US2304884 A US 2304884A US 387450 A US387450 A US 387450A US 38745041 A US38745041 A US 38745041A US 2304884 A US2304884 A US 2304884A
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    • G03PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
    • G03CPHOTOSENSITIVE MATERIALS FOR PHOTOGRAPHIC PURPOSES; PHOTOGRAPHIC PROCESSES, e.g. CINE, X-RAY, COLOUR, STEREO-PHOTOGRAPHIC PROCESSES; AUXILIARY PROCESSES IN PHOTOGRAPHY
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  • This invention relates to color photography and particularly to an improved material for the bleach-out method of color photography.
  • Processes of color photography which make use of uniformly dyed silver'halide emulsions, the colored image being formed by destroying'the dye in the regions of a silver or silver salt image;
  • the dye incorporated in the gelatin or emulsion may possess a color which is complementary to that of the light which the sensitive emulsion is intended to record or may be such as to transmit it freely.
  • This invention relates to processes of the former type in which the dye incorporated in the gelatin i5 630 millimicrons to 600 millimicrons has been or emulsion is complementary in color to that of the light which the emulsion is intended to record.
  • the dye which is used has its light absorption maximum at a wave length which is substantially identical with the maximum sensitivity of the emulsion in which the dye is incorporated.
  • an object of the present invention to provide a material which" retains the inherent advantage of this type of bleach-out process, affording direct color positives, while increasing the speed of the material.
  • Another ob- ,iect is to provide a novel method of coloring emulsion layers for the bleach-out process of'color photography.
  • 'A still further'object is to provide a method of increasing the effective sensitivity of silver halide emulsion layers used in the bleachout process of color photography.
  • the metallic derivatives so formed have a color which differs from that of.
  • the original dye by an amount sufllcient' to cause an appreciable reduction in the light absorption of the dye in the region which the emulsion isin- 1o tended to record and, therefore, an increase inv the elfective sensitivity of the layer is obtained.
  • the change in the light absorption of the dye need not be excessive. For example, a change in the absorption maximum of a blue-green dye from found to increase the effective speed ofthe layer in which it is incorporated six times or more.
  • Any suitable dyeswhlch give a metallic derive tive, preferably an insoluble derivative, on treatpolyazo' acid dyes.
  • the metallic salts are preferably alkaline earthsuch as cobalt or nickel salts or salts of complex cations containing metals. Generally, those metallic salts are preferred which change the light absorption maximum of the dye to a shorter wave length since most absorption bands fall ,ofl' more sharply on the long wave length side of the maxi mum. After exposure of the dyed layer to forlnanirnsoluble derivative or precipitated in the layer by double decomposition of the dye derivative. Some metals may be partially or wholly removed 40 from the dye during development of the layer in the form of their carbonate or sulfites which may be slightly soluble, but it is generally necessary;
  • the metal may be fully removed from the layer during bleaching of the dye by using strong acid baths and subjecting the layer to prolonged washing or the metal may be removed from the dye by precipitation within the layer, by treatment with a 7 bath containing a soluble salt such as a sulfate,
  • the proposed method may be applied to multi- The following blue-green dyes color photographic processes, for example, a
  • Pontamine Fast Green BL three color process using photographic elements 5 solophenyl Fast Blue Green comprising a plurality of differentially colorsensitive layers coated on a single support.
  • the dyes of this type are described in Richard a three-color process, for example, a sensitive U. S. Patent 1,829,673, granted October 27, 1931.
  • element may comprise a gelatino silver halide They are believed to have the following formula 1 emulsion sensitized to red light and dyed unior substantially similar constitutions:
  • Pref- This dye is obtained by diazotizing metanllio erably the diiference in the absorption maximum acid and coupli in d medium with -hflDhcf the dye and its metallic salt should be at least thY am i-S acid.
  • diazotizini e result- 20 millimicrons and preferablyfrom to 50 ing dye and coupling in 0 11 medium with 2- millimicrons.
  • a silver image or im-' tilin th resulting dye and l p ing inalkalino 1 ages are produced in the layers by primary or medium wi 2 -amino-5-naphthol-7-sulfonio reversal development and a colored image or acid.
  • the finished dye as e dium salt orreimages formed by decolorizing or destroying one PO d the ebOVe Structural ula.) or more of the dyes in accordance with well known 241 some 7 a methods such as those described in Christensen I U. s.
  • the'remalning silver and 4 silver halide in the layers may be removed in any suitable manner. 248 some The dyes may be restored to their original form posure.
  • This dye is prepared by diazotizing 1 mole of l-amino-8-naphthol-3,fi-disulfonic acid and coupling it in acid medium with 1 mole of a-naphthylamine, again diazotizing and coupling in alkaline medium with 1 mole of 1-amino-8-naph- I thol-3,6-disulfonic acid.) 7 t
  • the absorption maxima of the above dyes may be shifted toward the shorter wave length by converting the dyes to their barium salts. They may 3 strongly acid bleach baths and long washing times areused.
  • Benzo Light Yellow RL (Schultz Lehmann Farbstoiitabellen, 7th edition, No. 307). :This dye is believed to have the following structural formula:
  • the above dye may be converted to a form having'its absorption maximum shifted toward shorter wave lengths by treatment with cobalt hexamino nitrate to form a cobalt complex salt.
  • Example 1 To a red-sensitized emulsion dyed with Ponta; mine Fast Green 53L or Solophenyl Fast Blue- Green BL there is added a water-soluble barium salt such as barium nitrate or barium acetate in line earth metal salt of a polyazo dye, the sodium an amount of the order of the weight or the dye,
  • the dye exists as its sodium salt an excess of barium salt is necessary in order to displace the sodium ions by mass action, the barium salts of the dye being slightly soluble.
  • the dye is thus changed from On exposure and processing the layer, the barium is first removed as carbonate or sulflte during development. The dye then reverts to its original color. During bleaching of the layer. the barium will be permanently removedii amino nitrate. The dye becomes nearly colorless by formation of the corresponding salt. on exposure and processing of the layer, the original color of the dye is restored by elimination of the. cobalt complex.
  • a light-sensitve silver halide layer for th bleach-out process of color photography effectively sensitive to only one of the primary colors, said layer being uniformly colored with a salt of a polyazo dye selected from the group consisting aialkaline earth metal salts, nickel, and cobalt, the sodium salt of said dye having an absorption maximum at substantially the sensitvity maximum of the layer, but the. first mentioned salt having a light absorption maximum at a sub-- tively sensitive to only one of the primary colors,
  • said layer being uniformly colored with an alkasalt 01 said dye having an absorption maximum at substantially the sensitivity maximum oi.
  • alkaline earth metal salt having a light absorption maximum at a substantially lower wave length than the sensitivity maximum of said' layer.
  • a light-sensitive silver halide layer for the bleach-out-process oi color photography eflectively sensitive to only one of the primary colors
  • said layer being uniformly colored with a barium salt of a polyazo dye, the sodium salt of said dye having an absorption maximum at substantially the sensitivity maximum oi the layer but the barium salt having a light absorption maximum at a substantially lower wave length, and
  • said barium salt of said dye being convertible after exposure of the layer, to a form having an absorption maximum at substantially the sensitivity maximum of the layer.
  • a lightwsensitive gelatino-silverhalide layer for the bleach-out process of color photography colored with the barium salt of a dye having the following formula:
  • cobalt salt having a light absorption maximum not corresponding to the sensitivity maximum of the silver halide layer, but the sodium salt of the dye having a light absorption maximum at substantially the sensitivity maximum of the layer.
  • the method of increasing the effective sensitivity of a silver halide photographic layer used in the bleach-out process of color photography which comprises converting an azo dye having a light absorption maximum in the region which 'said layer records, into a salt of said dye selected from the group consisting of alkaline earth metal salts, nickel and cobalt, the sodium salt of said for thebleach-out process of color photography colored with the barium salt 01 a dye having the following formula:
  • Y hydrogen, methyl, methoxy; and from 1 to 2 Zs of each Iiaphthyl radical are the barium salt of sulfonic acid, the remaining Zs being hydrogen, said barium salt having a light absorption maximum not corresponding to the sensitivity maximum. of the silver halide layer, but the sodium salt 01 the .dye having a light absorption maximum at substantially the sensitivity maximum of the layer.
  • a light-sensitive gelatino-silver halide layer for the bleach-out process of color photography uniformly colored with the barium salt of Pontamine Fast Green 53L, said barium salt having a light absorption maximum not corresponding to the sensitivity maximum of the silver halide I layer, but-the sodium salt of the dye having a light absorption maximum at substantially the sensitivity maximum of the layer.
  • a light-sensitive gelatino-silver halide layer for the bleach-out process of color photography dye having an absorption maximum at substantially the sensitivity maximum of the layer but said first mentioned salt having a light absorption maximum in a region of substantially lower wave-length and incorporating said salt in said emulsion layer.
  • a light-sensitive silver halide layer for the silver bleach-out process ofcolor photography colored with the .barium salt of a dye selected from the group consisting oi dyes having the following structure:
  • R- is selected from the class consisting of hydrogen, alkyl, and alkoxy groups
  • x is selected from the class consisting of hydrogen, amino, and hydroxyl groups
  • Y is selected from the class consisting of arylamino and azo groups
  • the naphthol nucleus contains at least one sulfonic acid radical capable of forming said'barium salt
  • said barium salt having a light-absorption maximum not corresponding to thesensitivity maximum of the silver halide layer, but the sodium salt of the dye having a light-absorption maxi-v mum at substantially the. sensitivity maximum of the layer.

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US2418624A (en) * 1943-03-02 1947-04-08 Eastman Kodak Co Azo dyes for color photography
US2612448A (en) * 1948-04-02 1952-09-30 Gaspar Photographic elements containing azo dyes and process using them
US2681856A (en) * 1949-04-04 1954-06-22 Gaspar Photographic material and process for making an azo dye bleachout image
US2860975A (en) * 1956-09-28 1958-11-18 Eastman Kodak Co Photographic color correction process using 2-azo-1-naphthol dyes
US2899305A (en) * 1957-05-09 1959-08-11 Colour photography
US2956879A (en) * 1958-01-07 1960-10-18 Eastman Kodak Co Filter and absorbing dyes for use in photographic emulsions
DE1166621B (de) * 1962-04-10 1964-03-26 Ciba Geigy Photographische Materialien fuer das Silberfarbbleichverfahren
US3178290A (en) * 1960-07-06 1965-04-13 Ciba Ltd Photographic layers suitable for the silver dyestuff bleaching method
US3185567A (en) * 1959-07-06 1965-05-25 Polaroid Corp Photographic color process and product
US3202511A (en) * 1961-02-15 1965-08-24 Ciba Ltd Photographic layers suitable for the silver dyestuff bleaching process
US3218164A (en) * 1959-01-26 1965-11-16 Polaroid Corp Novel photographic processes, compositions and products
US3230085A (en) * 1961-04-06 1966-01-18 Polaroid Corp Photographic products, processes and compositions
US3259498A (en) * 1961-05-30 1966-07-05 Ciba Ltd Photographic layers suitable for the silver dyestuff bleaching process
US3264109A (en) * 1961-11-02 1966-08-02 Ciba Ltd Photographic materials for the silver dyestuff bleaching process
US4310612A (en) * 1978-10-10 1982-01-12 Eastman Kodak Company Blocked photographically useful compounds in photographic compositions, elements and processes employing them

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US2418624A (en) * 1943-03-02 1947-04-08 Eastman Kodak Co Azo dyes for color photography
US2612448A (en) * 1948-04-02 1952-09-30 Gaspar Photographic elements containing azo dyes and process using them
US2681856A (en) * 1949-04-04 1954-06-22 Gaspar Photographic material and process for making an azo dye bleachout image
US2860975A (en) * 1956-09-28 1958-11-18 Eastman Kodak Co Photographic color correction process using 2-azo-1-naphthol dyes
US2899305A (en) * 1957-05-09 1959-08-11 Colour photography
US2956879A (en) * 1958-01-07 1960-10-18 Eastman Kodak Co Filter and absorbing dyes for use in photographic emulsions
US3218164A (en) * 1959-01-26 1965-11-16 Polaroid Corp Novel photographic processes, compositions and products
US3185567A (en) * 1959-07-06 1965-05-25 Polaroid Corp Photographic color process and product
US3178290A (en) * 1960-07-06 1965-04-13 Ciba Ltd Photographic layers suitable for the silver dyestuff bleaching method
US3202511A (en) * 1961-02-15 1965-08-24 Ciba Ltd Photographic layers suitable for the silver dyestuff bleaching process
US3230085A (en) * 1961-04-06 1966-01-18 Polaroid Corp Photographic products, processes and compositions
US3259498A (en) * 1961-05-30 1966-07-05 Ciba Ltd Photographic layers suitable for the silver dyestuff bleaching process
US3264109A (en) * 1961-11-02 1966-08-02 Ciba Ltd Photographic materials for the silver dyestuff bleaching process
DE1166621B (de) * 1962-04-10 1964-03-26 Ciba Geigy Photographische Materialien fuer das Silberfarbbleichverfahren
US4310612A (en) * 1978-10-10 1982-01-12 Eastman Kodak Company Blocked photographically useful compounds in photographic compositions, elements and processes employing them

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