A silver halide photographic emulsion is described containing in combination at least one sensitizing dye represented by formula (I) and at least one cyan coupler represented by formula (II): <IMAGE> (I) <IMAGE> (II) wherein all the symbols are defined in the specification. In a preferred embodiment, in addition to the sensitizing dye (I) and the cyan coupler (II), there may also be included at least one compound represented by formula (III) <IMAGE> (III) wherein all the symbols are also defined in the specification.
