Masking film

Claim 1

A PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF A COLOR-CORRECTING MASK FROM AN ORIGINAL MULTICOLOR IMAGE THAT IS COMPOSED OF YELLOW, MAGENTA, AND CYAN PARTIAL IMAGES WHICH COMPRISES (A) EXPOSING A LIGHT-SENSITIVE PHOTOGRAPHIC MATERIAL TO THE ORIGINAL MULTICOLOR IMAGE, WHICH LIGHT-SENSITIVE PHOTOGRAPHIC MATERIAL CONSISTS ESSENTIALLY OF THE FOLLOWING ELEMENTS: (I) A TRANSPARENT SUPPORTING LAYER, (II) A SILVER HALIDE EMULSION LAYER SENSITIVE TO THE BLUE AND RED REGIONS OF THE VISIBLE SPECTRUM WHICH CONTAINS TWO COLOR COUPLERS WHICH FORM UPON REACTION WITH THE OXIDATION PRODUCTS OF A PRIMARY AROMATIC AMINE DEVELOPER A CYAN AND A MAGENTA DYE AND WHICH ABSORBS LIGHT OF THE RED AND GREEN REGIONS OF THE VISIBLE SPECTRUM, (III) A SILVER HALIDE EMULSION LAYER SENSITIVE TO THE RED AND GREEN REGIONS OF THE VISIVLE SPECTRUM WHICH CONTAINS TWO COLOR COUPLERS WHICH FORM UPON REACTION WITH THE OXIDATION PRODUCTS OF A PRIMARY AROMATIC AMINE DEVELOPER A YELLOW AND A CYAN DYE WHICH ABSORBS LIGHT OF THE BLUE AND RED GEGIONS OF THE VISIBLE SPECTRUM, AND (IV) A YELLOW-COLORED FILTER LAYER THAT ABSORBS LIGHT OF THE BLUE REGION OF THE VISIBLE SPECTRUM THAT IS INTERPOSED BETWEEN THE TWO EMULSION LAYERS THAT ARE EACH SENSITIVE TO DIFFERENT REGIONS OF THE VISIBLE SPECTRUM, (B) DEVELOPING THE EXPOSED LIGHT-SENSITIVE PHOTOGRAPHIC MATERIAL WITH A DEVELOPING COMPOSITION THAT CONTAINS A PRIMARY AROMATIC AMINE DEVELOPER, AND (C) SUBSEQUENTLY BLEACHING AND FIXING THE THUS DEVELOPED PHOTOGRAPHIC MATERIAL, THEREBY COMPLETING THE PRODUCTION OF THE COLOR-CORRECTING MASK.