Multi-layer color photographic silver halide light-sensitive materials

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a support,

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A multi-layer type color photographic light-sensitive material characterized in that a merocyanine dye having the following general formula (I) wherein X is a member selected from the group consisting of a sulfur atom, a selenium atom, an oxygen atom, and a group; wherein each of R1, R2 and R3 is a member elected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, a substituted alkyl group, whose substituents are selected from the group consisting of an alkoxy group, a hydroxy group, a vinyl group, an aryl group, a carboxy group, and a sulfo group, an aryl group, and a substituted aryl group, whose substituents are selected from the group consisting of a carboxy group and a sulfo group; and wherein Z represents an an atomic group necessary to complete a heterocyclic ring selected from the group consisting of thiazolines, thiazoles, benzthiazoles, naphthothiazoles, oxazoles, benzoxazoles, naphthoxazoles, selenazoles, benzselenazoles naphthoselenazoles, benzimidazoles, naphthoimidazoles, 2-quinolines, 2-pyridines, and indolenines, is incorporated in at least one layer of said multi-layer type color photographic light-sensitive material, said multi-layer type color photographic light-sensitive material comprising, in order,

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A multi-layer type color photographic light-sensitive material characterized in that a merocyanine dye having the following general formula (I) wherein X is a member selected from the group consisting of a sulfur atom, a selenium atom, an oxygen atom, and a group; wherein each of R1, R2 and R3 is a member elected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, a substituted alkyl group, whose substituents are selected from the group consisting of an alkoxy group, a hydroxy group, a vinyl group, an aryl group, a carboxy group, and a sulfo group, an aryl group, and a substituted aryl group, whose substituents are selected from the group consisting of a carboxy group and a sulfo group; and wherein Z represents an an atomic group necessary to complete a heterocyclic ring selected from the group consisting of thiazolines, thiazoles, benzthiazoles, naphthothiazoles, oxazoles, benzoxazoles, naphthoxazoles, selenazoles, benzselenazoles naphthoselenazoles, benzimidazoles, naphthoimidazoles, 2-quinolines, 2-pyridines, and indolenines, is incorporated in at least one layer of said multi-layer type color photographic light-sensitive material, said multi-layer type color photographic light-sensitive material comprising, in order,

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a subbing layer,

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a subbing layer,

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The multi-layer type color photographic light-sensitive material as claimed in claim 1 wherein each of R1, R2 and R3 is selected from a group consisting of a hydrogen atom, a methyl group, an ethyl group, an n-propyl group, an n-butyl group, an iso-butyl group, an n-amyl group, a 2-methoxyethyl group, a 2-hydroxyethyl group, an allyl group, a benzyl group, a phenyl group, a carboxymethyl group, a carboxyethyl group, a sulfomethyl group, a sulfopropyl group, a sulfobutyl group, a 4-carboxyphenethyl group, a 4-sulfophenethyl group, a phenyl group, a 4-carboxyphenyl group, and a 4-sulfophenyl group.

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a red sensitive silver halide emulsion layer,

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a red sensitive silver halide emulsion layer,

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The multi-layer type color photographic light-sensitive material as claimed in claim 1 wherein the heterocyclic ring completed by Z is selected from the group consisting of the thiazolines, thiazoles, benzthiazoles, naphthothiazoles, oxazoles, benzoxazoles, naphthoxazoles, selenazoles, benzselenazoles, naphthoselenazoles, indolenines, benzimidazoles, naphthoimidazoles, 2-quinolines and 2-pyridines.

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a green sensitive silver halide emulsion layer,

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a green sensitive silver halide emulsion layer,

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The multi-layer type color photographic light-sensitive material as claimed in claim 1, wherein said merocyanine dye is incorporated in at least one of the layers consisting of the silver halide emulsion layers and the layers adjacent to the silver halide emulsion layers.

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The multi-layer type color photographic light-sensitive material as claimed in claim 1, wherein, after development, cyan, magenta, and yellow images are formed in the red-sensitive, the green-sensitive, and the blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layers, respectively.

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a blue sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, the silver halide in at least one of the aforementioned silver halide emulsion layers containing a silver iodide content of from 1 to 10.0 mole percent, and The silver halide in at least one of the silver halide emulsion layers being a member selected from the group consisting of AgclI, AgIBr and AgClIBr, whose concentration ranges from 1 to 10.0 mole percent, the remaining silver halide emulsion layers containing a silver halide selected from the group consisting of AgBr, AgI, AgCI, AgClBr, AgClI, AgIBr and AgClIBr.

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a blue sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, the silver halide in at least one of the aforementioned silver halide emulsion layers containing a silver iodide content of from 1 to 10.0 mole percent, and The silver halide in at least one of the silver halide emulsion layers being a member selected from the group consisting of AgclI, AgIBr and AgClIBr, whose concentration ranges from 1 to 10.0 mole percent, the remaining silver halide emulsion layers containing a silver halide selected from the group consisting of AgBr, AgI, AgCI, AgClBr, AgClI, AgIBr and AgClIBr.

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The multi-layer type color photographic light-sensitive material as claimed in claim 1, wherein the silver halide is selected from the group consisting of silver bromide, silver iodide, silver chloride, silver chlorobromide, silver iodobromide, and silver chloro-iodobromide.

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The multi-layer type color photographic light-sensitive material as claimed in claim 1, wherein said merocyanine dye has the formula

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The multi-layer color photographic light-sensitive material as claimed in claim 1, wherein said merOcyanine dye has the formula

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The multi-layer color photographic light-sensitive material as claimed in claim 1, wherein said merocyanine dye has the formula