Color photographic materials with chelatable azo dyes

摘要

A color photographic material is disclosed. The material is comprised of a support base having thereon a photosensitive silver halide emulsion layer and a compound associated with the emulsion layer, the compound being represented by general formula (I) (I) wherein the substituents are defined in the specification. The dye image-forming compounds forming metal chelates have good absorption when the dye forms a color image. Further, these compounds have a large molecular absorption coefficient and are substantially stable with respect to light after forming a color image.