Multilayer silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material containing a novel combination of couplers

Claim 1

A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material comprising a support having provided thereon at least one red-sensitive emulsion layer, at least one green-sensitive emulsion layer and at least one blue-sensitive emulsion layer, wherein a coupler represented by the formula (I), a coupler represented by the formula (II), and a coupler represented by the formula (III) are present in light-sensitive layers having sensitivities to different colors: ##STR31## wherein R 1 represents a substituted or unsubstituted aliphatic group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic group; R 2 represents an alkyl group having 2 or more carbon atoms or an alkyl group substituted with an aryl group, an alkoxy group, an aryloxy group, an acylamino group, an alkylthio group, an arylthio group, an alkylsulfonyl group, an arylsulfonyl group, or an arylseleno group; R 3 represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, or a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, aryl, alkoxy, or acylamino group; Y 1 represents a hydrogen atom or a group releasable upon coupling with an oxidized product of a developing agent; R 2 , R 3 or Y 1 may form a dimer or a higher polymer; ##STR32## wherein R 4 represents a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl group; R 5 represents a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group or an aryloxyalkyl group having an aryl moiety substituted with an alkyl group, a halogen atom, an alkoxy group, an aryloxy group, an acylamino group, a sulfonamido group, an amino group, an aryl group, an aliphatic or aromatic sulfonyl group, a cyano group, or a nitro group; R 6 represents a hydrogen atom, an acyl group or an aliphatic or aromatic sulfonyl group; R 7 represents a halogen atom or an alkoxy group; X represents a divalent linking group or atom; Y 2 represents a hydrogen atom or a group releasable upon coupling with an oxidized product of a developing agent; and R 4 , R 5 , or Y 2 may form a dimer or a higher polymer; ##STR33## wherein R 8 represents a substituted or unsubstituted N-phenylcarbamoyl group; Y 3 represents a hydrogen atom or a group releasable upon coupling with an oxidized product of a developing agent; and R 8 or Y 3 may form a dimer or a higher polymer, and wherein the couplers represented by formula (I), (II) and (III) are used in combination with a discoloration inhibitor selected from compounds represented by the formulae (XIV), (XV), (XVI), (XVII), (XVIII), and (XIX): ##STR34## wherein R 60 represents a hydrogen atom, an aliphatic group, an aromatic group, a heterocyclic group, or a substituted silyl group represented by the formula: ##STR35## wherein R 50 , R 51 and R 52 each represents a substituted or unsubstituted aliphatic group, a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic group, a substituted or unsubstituted aliphatic oxy group, or a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic oxy group; R 61 , R 62 , R 63 , R 64 , and R 65 each represents a hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted aliphatic group, a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic group, an acylamino group, a mono- or dialkylamino group, an aliphatic or aromatic thio group, an aliphatic or aromatic oxycarbonyl group or --OR 60 ; R 60 and R 61 together can form a 5- or 6-membered ring; R 61 and R 62 together can form a 5- or 6-membered ring; X represents a divalent linking group; R 66 and R 67 each represents a hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted aliphatic group, a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic ring or a hydroxyl group; R 68 represents a hydrogen, a substituted or unsubstituted aliphatic group or a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic ring; R 66 and R 67 together can form a 5- or 6-membered ring; M represents Cu, Co, Ni, Pd, or Pt; n represents 0 or an integer of from 1 to 6; m represents 0 or an integer of from 1 to 4; and when m or n is 2 or more, the substituted groups R 62 or R 61 may be the same or different; with the proviso that, in the discoloration inhibitor represented by the formula (XIV), when one of R 60 represents a hydrogen atom and the other R 60 represents a group other than the hydrogen atom, R 61 and R 64 both represent the groups other than a hydrogen atom.