Method for forming intensified color image

Claim 3

The method for forming an intensified color image as claimed in claim 1, wherein the silver halide color photographic material contains 90 mol % or more silver chloride.

Claim 4

The method for forming an intensified color image as claimed in claim 1, wherein the silver halide color photographic material contains 95 mol % or more silver chloride.

Claim 5

The method for forming an intensified color image as claimed in claim 1, wherein the amount of the monobath development-intensifying solution to be used is from 0.05 l up to 1 l per m 2 of the photographic material.

Claim 6

The method for forming an intensified color image as claimed in claim 1, wherein the method comprises feeding the monobath development-intensifying solution in a discarding system or a replenishing system.

Claim 7

The method for forming an intensified color image as claimed in claim 1, wherein the method comprises feeding the monobath development-intensifying utilizing a laminar flow development, a coating development, a spray development or a thin-layer development.

Claim 8

The method for forming an intensified color image as claimed in claim 1, wherein the pH of the monobath development-intensifying solution is 9 or higher.

Claim 9

The method for forming an intensified color image as claimed in claim 1, wherein the monobath development-intensifying solution contains (5) nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compound.

Claim 10

The method of forming an intensified color image as claimed in claim 1, wherein the monobath development-intensifying solution contains (5) a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compound selected from the group consisting of (a) 5- or 6-membered heterocyclic compounds containing a nitrogen atom; (b) derivatives of (a) having condensed riots; and (c) nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compounds represented by the following formula (I) and (II): ##STR8## wherein, A represents a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, alkenyl group, or alkynyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms; an aralkyl group or a cycloaliphatic hydrocarbon group each having 7 to 12 carbon atoms; or a substituted or unsubsituted aryl group having 6 to 12 carbon atoms; B represents a substituted or unsubstituted divalent hydrocarbon group; and Z represents a group of nonmetal atoms necessary to form together with the nitrogen atom a heterocyclic ring.

Claim 11

The method of forming an intensified color image as claimed in claim 1, wherein the color-developing agent is selected from the group consisting of a p-phenylenediamine derivative color-developing agent, a onium salt p-aminophenol derivative color-developing agent, a dye developer, a diffusible dye-releasing type (DDR) redox compound, a developing agent reactive with an amidrazone compound, a reducing agent oxidizable to form a dye or a lake, and a reducing agent forming a colored image after oxidation.

Claim 12

The method for forming an intensified color image as claimed in claim 1, wherein the coating amount of silver in the photographic material is 1 g/m 2 or below.

Claim 13

The method for forming an intensified color image as claimed in claim 1, wherein the coating amount of silver in the photographic material is 0.5 g/m 2 or below.

Claim 14

The method for forming an intensified color image as claimed in claim 1, wherein the amount of the silver iodide is 1 mol % or less of the silver halide.

Claim 15

The method for forming an intensified color image as claimed in claim 1, wherein the amount of the color developing agent is 10 -3 mol/l or more.

Claim 16

The method for forming an intensified color image as claimed in claim 1, wherein the hydrogen peroxide or the compound that releases hydrogen peroxide is present with the color-developing agent in a molar ratio of the hydrogen peroxide or the compound that releases hydrogen peroxide to the color-developing agent of 0.5:1 to 200:1.