| 摘要 |
A method for processing a silver halide color photographic material is described, which comprises processing a silver halide color photographic material comprising a reflective support having thereon at least one silver halide emulsion layer for a period of 2 minutes and 30 seconds or less with a color devleoping solution which does not substantially contain benzyl alcohol and which contains at least one of compounds selected from the group consisting of a compound represented by formula (I), a compound represented by formula (II), hydantoic acid, allylamine, aminoguanidine, o-aminobenzoic acid, L-(+)-cysteine, benzylamine, DL-serine, morpholine, N-hydroxyethyl morpholine, o-aminobenzyl alcohol, quinuclidine, or salts thereof, tetramethylammonium acetate, choline, or choline chloride, <IMAGE> (I) wherein R1 represents a hydroxyalkyl group having from 2 to 10 carbon atoms; and R2 and R3 each represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having from 1 to 10 carbon atoms, a hydroxyalkyl group having from 2 to 20 carbon atoms or a group represented by the formula <IMAGE> wherein n represents an integer from 1 to 10; and X and Y each represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having from 1 to 10 carbon atoms, or a hydroxyalkyl group having from 2 to 10 carbon atoms. <IMAGE> (II) wherein R4 represents an alkyl group having from 1 to 10 carbon atoms; R5 and R6 each represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having from 1 to 10 carbon atoms. In accordance with this method for processing a silver halide color photographic material, color images having high coloring property can be obtained within a short period of a color developing time without substantially using benzyl alcohol, which is disadvantageous in view of environmental pollution, in the color developing solution. The effect of the present invention is particularly remarkable in the case wherein the silver halide color photographic material contains a pyrazoloazole type magenta coupler represented by formula (III) as described in the specification.
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