Process for the production of color photographic images

Claim 1

IN A PROCESS OF PRODUCING A PHOTOGRAPHIC DYE IMAGE WHICH INCLUDES EXPOSING AND DEVELOPING A SILVER HALIDE EMULSION LAYER TO PRODUCE A METALLIC SILVER IMAGE IN SAID LAYER, THE STEPS WHICH COMPRISE CONVERTING THE METALLIC SILVER IMAGE IN THE DEVELOPED EMULSION LAYER INTO A SILVER SALT IMAGE WHICH IS DIFFERENT FROM ANY REMAINING SILVER HALIDE STILL CONTAINED IN THE LAYER AND WHICH IS INERT TO DIAZO COMPOUNDS IN ACIDS BATHS, THEN TREATING THE EMULSION LAYER CONTAINING SUCH SILVER SALT IMAGE WITH A DIAZO COMPOUND UNDER AN ACID CONDITION, COUPLING WITHIN SAID LAYER SAID DIAZO COMPOUND WITH AN AZO COUPLING COMPONENT IN THE PRESENCE OF SAID SILVER SALT IMAGE TO DYE SAID LAYER AND DEVELOPING A METALLIC SILVER IMAGE IN SAID LAYER FROM A SILVER SALT THEREIN AND DESTROYING SAID AZO DYE IN SAID LAYER IN PROPORTION TO THE METALLIC SILVER IMAGE IN SAID LAYER.