Novel processes for forming two negative color transfer images

Claim 2

A process as defined in claim 1 wherein aid nondiffusible material is a compound of the formula:

Claim 3

A process as defined in claim 3 wherein said processing composition is applied by spreading between the thus exposed photographic product and a superposed element comprising said second dyeable stratum.

Claim 4

A process as defined in claim 4 wherein said element comprises said second dyeable stratum on a substantially transparent support.

Claim 5

A process as defined in claim 5 wherein said two color images are substantially identical.

Claim 6

A process as defined in claim 5 wherein said photographic product includes a stripping layer disposed over said first-mentioned dyeable stratum.

Claim 7

A photographic process comprising the steps of exposing to form a developable image on a photographic product comprising a substantially transparent support containing, in order, a dyeable stratum, a stripping layer, and a layer containing a light-sensitive silver halide emulsion and a nondiffusible material containing a diffusible color-providing moiety, which material is capable of forming by a redox reaction an oxidation product which can autoreact intramolecularly to effect ring-closure and to eliminate the color-providing moiety of said material for transfer; applying between the thus exposed product and a superposed element containing a second dyeable stratum an aqueous alkaline processing composition including a silver halide developing agent which when oxidized is capable of undergoing a redox reaction with said material to form a first negative color transfer image on said first-mentioned dyeable stratum and a second negative color transfer image on said second dyeable stratum.

Claim 8

A process as defined in claim 8 wherein said material is a compound of the formula:

Claim 9

In a process for forming color transfer images comprising the steps of providing a photosensitive element comprising at least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion having associated therewith a layer of nondiffusible material containing a diffusible color-providing moiety, which material is capable of forming by a redox reaction an oxidation product which can autoreact intramolecularly to effect ring-closure and to eliminate the diffusible color-providing moiety of said material for transfer; exposing said photosensitive element to provide a developable image; developing said image and, as a function of said development, selectively oxidizing said material in terms of exposed areas of said photosensitive element by a redox mechanism, thus providing an imagewise distribution of the oxidized material which contains the diffusible color-providing moiety, said oxidized material thereby autoreacting intramolecularly to effect ring-closure and to eliminate said diffusible color-providing moiety in imagewise distribution; and transferring this imagewise distribution of eliminated diffusible color-providing moiety, at least in part, by imbibition to a superposed stratum to impart thereto a negative color transfer image; the improvement which comprises the step of substantially simultaneously forming a second negative color transfer image on a second dyeable stratum carried by a second support.