Photographic color development process

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A PHOTOGRAPHIC REPRODUCTION PROCESS WHICH COMPRISES EXPOSING TO A SUBJECT A SILVER HALIDE EMULSION LAYER CONTAINING A MIXTURE OF A COUPLER COMPOUND REACTIVE WITH THE OXIDATION PRODUCT OF A PRIMARY AROMATIC AMINO SILVER HALIDE DEVELOPING AGENT TO FORM A DYE AND A HYDROQUINONE DERIVATIVE OF THE CLASS CONSISTING OF N-OCTADECYLHYDROQUINONE, SEC.-OCTADECYLHYDROQUINONE AND 2-HEXADECYL-6-METHYLHYDROQUINONE DISPERSED IN THE EMULSION LAYER BY MEANS OF A SUBSTANTIALLY WATER-INSOLUBLE, LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT, ORGANIC CRYSTALLOIDAL MATERIAL HAVING A BOILING POINT ABOVE ABOUT 175*C., DEVELOPING THE EXPOSED EMULSION LAYER WITH AN ALKALINE SOLUTION OF A DEVELOPING AGENT OF THE CLASS CONSISTING OF P-AMINOPHENOL, N-ALKYL-O-AMINOPHENOL, AND 3-PYRAZOLIDONE SILVER HALIDE DEVELOPING AGENTS THEREBY FORMING IN THE EMULSION LAYER AN IMAGE OF SILVER AND OXIDIZED HYDROQUINONE DERIVATIVE, REMOVING THE SILVER IMAGE AND RESIDUAL SILVER HALIDE FROM THE EMULSION LAYER, TREATING THE REMAINING OXIDIZED HYDROUNINONE DERIVATIVE IMAGE IN THE PRESENCE OF THE COUPLER COMPOUND WITH AN ALKALINE SOLUTION OF A P-PHENYLENEDIAMINE SILVER HALIDE DEVELOPING AGENT TO FORM A DYE IMAGE IN THE REGION OF ORIGINAL SILVER IMAGE.