Silver halide color photographic material containing pyrazole-substituted couplers

摘要

Disclosed is a silver halide color photographic material having at least one silver halide emulsion layer on a support, in which at least one layer constituting the material contains a coupler of formula (I): <IMAGE> (I) where R1 represents an electron-attracting substituent having a Taft's substituent constant sigma * value of +0.52 or more; R2 represents a branched alkyl group; and X represents a pyrazolyl group. The material has excellent heat stability, sensitivity, gradation and color image fastness, and it also has excellent color forming capacity and absorption characteristics.