Silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material

1. A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material comprising, on a reflective support, at least one silver halide emulsion layer which contains a silver halide emulsion having a silver chloride content of 90 mol % or more in terms of silver halide constituting the silver halide emulsion, and one or both of:

(1) at least one substantially light-insensitive dye-forming-coupler-containing layer, and

(2) at least one non-color-forming intermediate layer containing a color-mixing inhibitor and at least one non-color-forming intermediate layer substantially free of color-mixing inhibitor, wherein

(i) when a substantially light-insensitive dye-forming-coupler-containing layer is present, the layer is positioned adjacent to the silver halide emulsion layer, and

(ii) when both a non-color-forming intermediate layer containing a color-mixing inhibitor and a non-color-forming intermediate layer substantially free of color-mixing inhibitor are present, the non-color-forming intermediate layer containing a color-mixing inhibitor is positioned adjacent to the non-color-forming intermediate layer substantially free of color-mixing inhibitor.

2. A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material, comprising:

at least one silver halide emulsion layer,

at least one substantially light-insensitive dye-forming-coupler-containing layer,

at least one non-color-forming intermediate layer containing a color-mixing inhibitor, and

at least one non-color-forming intermediate layer substantially free of color-mixing inhibitor,

wherein the light-insensitive dye-forming-coupler-containing layer is positioned adjacent to the silver halide emulsion layer, and the non-color-forming intermediate layer containing a color-mixing inhibitor is positioned adjacent to the non-color-forming intermediate layer substantially free of color-mixing inhibitor.

3. A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material, comprising:

at least one silver halide emulsion layer,

at least one substantially light-insensitive dye-forming-coupler-containing layer, and

at least one non-color-forming intermediate layer containing a color-mixing inhibitor,

wherein the light-insensitive dye-forming-coupler-containing layer is positioned adjacent to the silver halide emulsion layer, and a total coating amount of silver in the silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material is 0.5 g/m 2 or below.

4. The silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material as claimed in claim 1 , comprising:

at least one silver halide emulsion layer,

at least one non-color-forming intermediate layer containing a color-mixing inhibitor, and

at least one non-color-forming intermediate layer substantially free of color-mixing inhibitor, wherein the non-color-forming intermediate layer containing a color-mixing inhibitor is positioned adjacent to the non-color-forming intermediate layer substantially free of color-mixing inhibitor, and a total coating amount of silver in the silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material is 0.5 g/m 2 or below.

5. The silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material as claimed in claim 1 , comprising:

at least one silver halide emulsion layer, and

at least one substantially light-insensitive dye-forming-coupler-containing layer,

wherein the substantially light-insensitive dye-forming-coupler-containing layer is positioned adjacent to the silver halide emulsion layer, and the silver halide emulsion layer has a coating amount of silver of 0.2 g/m 2 or below and has a silver/hydrophilic binder ratio of 0.2 or above on a coating mass basis.

6. The silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material as claimed in claim 1 , comprising:

a hydrophilic binder, a color-mixing inhibitor,

at least one silver halide emulsion layer, and

at least one substantially light-insensitive dye-forming-coupler-containing layer,

wherein the substantially light-insensitive dye-forming-coupler-containing layer is positioned adjacent to the silver halide emulsion layer, and a total coating amount of hydrophilic binder in the silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material is 6.0 g/m 2 or below, and a content of a color-mixing inhibitor is 5×10 −5 mol/m 2 or above.

7. The silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material as claimed in claim 1 , comprising:

at least one silver halide emulsion layer, and

at least one substantially light-insensitive dye-forming-coupler-containing layer,

wherein the substantially light-insensitive dye-forming-coupler-containing layer is positioned adjacent to the silver halide emulsion layer, and the silver halide emulsion layer has a hydrophilic binder coating amount of 0.6 g/m 2 or below, and a ratio of a hydrophilic binder coating amount in the substantially light-insensitive dye-forming-coupler-containing layer to the hydrophilic binder coating amount in the silver halide emulsion layer is 1.0 or above.

8. The silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material as claimed in claim 1 , comprising:

at least one silver halide emulsion layer,

at least one non-color-forming intermediate layer containing a color-mixing inhibitor, and

at least one non-color-forming intermediate layer substantially free of color-mixing inhibitor,

wherein the non-color-forming intermediate layer containing a color-mixing inhibitor is positioned adjacent to the non-color-forming intermediate layer substantially free of color-mixing inhibitor, and a total hydrophilic-binder coating amount in the silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material is 6.0 g/m 2 or below.

9. A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material, comprising:

at least one silver halide emulsion layer,

at least one substantially light-insensitive dye-forming-coupler-containing layer,

at least one non-color-forming intermediate layer containing a color-mixing inhibitor, and

at least one non-color-forming intermediate layer substantially free of color-mixing inhibitor,

wherein the substantially light-insensitive dye-forming-coupler-containing layer is positioned adjacent to the silver halide emulsion layer, and the non-color-forming intermediate layer containing a color-mixing inhibitor is positioned adjacent to the non-color-forming intermediate layer substantially free of color-mixing inhibitor, and wherein the silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material has a total coating amount of silver of 0.5 g/m 2 or below, and a total hydrophilic-binder coating amount of 6.0 g/m 2 or below.

10. The silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material as claimed in claim 1 , comprising:

a silver halide emulsion layer and a substantially light-insensitive dye-forming-coupler-containing layer,

wherein the silver halide emulsion layer is positioned adjacent to the substantially light-insensitive dye-forming-coupler-containing layer, the silver halide emulsion layer having a coating amount of silver of 0.2 g/m 2 or below and a silver/hydrophilic binder ratio of 0.2 or above on a coating mass basis.

11. The silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material as claimed in claim 1 ,

containing a color-mixing inhibitor in a total coating amount of 5×10 −5 mol/m 2 or above.

12. The silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material as claimed in claim 1 , comprising:

a silver halide emulsion layer and a substantially light-insensitive dye-forming-coupler-containing layer,

wherein the silver halide emulsion layer is positioned adjacent to the substantially light-insensitive dye-forming-coupler-containing layer, the silver halide emulsion layer having a hydrophilic binder coating amount of 0.6 g/m 2 or below, and a ratio of a hydrophilic binder coating amount in the substantially light-insensitive dye-forming-coupler-containing layer to the hydrophilic binder coating amount in the silver halide emulsion layer is 1.0 or above.

13. The silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material as claimed in claim 1 , comprising:

at least one silver halide emulsion layer,

at least one non-color-forming intermediate layer containing a color-mixing inhibitor, and

at least one non-color-forming intermediate layer substantially free of color-mixing inhibitor,

wherein the non-color-forming intermediate layer substantially free of color-mixing inhibitor is adjacently disposed between the non-color-forming intermediate layer containing a color-mixing inhibitor and the silver halide emulsion layer, and at least one of the following conditions 1) and 2) is satisfied:

1) the silver halide emulsion layer contains silver halide grains having an average grain size of 0.50 μm or below, and

2) at least one aqueous dispersion of a water-insoluble photographically-useful compound is incorporated in the silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material and the dispersion has an average particle size of 100 nm or below.

14. The silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material as claimed in claim 1 , comprising:

at least one silver halide emulsion layer, and

at least one substantially light-insensitive dye-forming-coupler-containing layer,

wherein the at least one silver halide layer contains a dye-forming coupler,

wherein the at least one substantially light-insensitive dye-forming-coupler-containing layer is positioned adjacent to the silver halide emulsion layer, and

wherein at least one of the following conditions 1A) and 2) is satisfied:

1A) the silver halide emulsion layer contains silver halide grains having an average grain size of 0.35 μm or below, and

2) an aqueous dispersion of a water-insoluble photographically-useful compound is incorporated in the silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material and the dispersion has an average particle size of 100 nm or below.

15. The silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material as claimed in claim 1 , comprising:

at least one silver halide emulsion layer, and

at least two non-color-forming intermediate layers,

wherein the at least two non-color-forming intermediate layers are positioned adjacent to each other; one of the non-color-forming intermediate layers is substantially free of color-mixing inhibitor, and another of the non-color-forming intermediate layers contains a color-mixing inhibitor; and at least one of the following conditions 1B) and 2) is satisfied:

1B) the silver halide emulsion layer contains silver halide grains having an average grain size of 0.45 μm or below, and

2) an aqueous dispersion of a water-insoluble photographically-useful compound is incorporated in the silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material and the dispersion has an average particle size of 100 nm or below.

16. The silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material as claimed in claim 13 ,

wherein the average grain size of the silver halide grains is 0.35 μm or below.

17. The silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material as claimed in claim 14 ,

wherein the average grain size of the silver halide grains is 0.35 μm or below.

18. The silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material as claimed in claim 13 ,

wherein the average particle size of the aqueous dispersion is 70 nm or less.

19. The silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material as claimed in claim 14 ,

wherein the average particle size of the aqueous dispersion is 70 nm or less.

20. The silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material as claimed in claim 15 ,

wherein the average particle size of the aqueous dispersion is 70 nm or less.

21. The silver halide color photographic light- 5 sensitive material as claimed in claim 13 ,

wherein the aqueous dispersion has been prepared by dispersing under a pressure of at least 200 MPa by use of an ultrahigh-pressure homogenizer.

22. The silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material as claimed in claim 14 ,

wherein the aqueous dispersion has been prepared by dispersing under a pressure of at least 200 MPa by use of an ultrahigh-pressure homogenizer.

23. The silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material as claimed in claim 15 ,

wherein the aqueous dispersion has been prepared by dispersing under a pressure of at least 200 MPa by use of an ultrahigh-pressure homogenizer.

24. The silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material as claimed in claim 13 ,

wherein the aqueous dispersion has been prepared by dispersing under a 25 pressure of at least 240 MPa by use of an ultrahigh-pressure homogenizer.

25. The silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material as claimed in claim 14 ,

wherein the aqueous dispersion has been prepared by dispersing under a pressure of at least 240 MPa by use of an ultrahigh-pressure homogenizer.

26. The silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material as claimed in claim 15 ,

wherein the aqueous dispersion has been prepared by dispersing under a pressure of at least 240 MPa by use of an ultrahigh-pressure homogenizer.

27. The silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material as claimed in claim 13 ,

wherein both the conditions 1) and 2) are satisfied.

28. The silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material as claimed in claim 14 ,

wherein both the conditions 1A) and 2) are satisfied.

29. The silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material as claimed in claim 15 ,

wherein both the conditions 1B) and 2) are satisfied.

30. The silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material as claimed in claim 13 ,

wherein the aqueous dispersion contains a dye-forming coupler.

31. The silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material as claimed in claim 14 ,

wherein the aqueous dispersion contains a dye-forming coupler.

32. The silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material as claimed in claim 15 ,

wherein the aqueous dispersion contains a dye-forming coupler.

33. A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material, comprising:

at least one silver halide emulsion layer,

at least one substantially light-insensitive dye-forming-coupler-containing layer, and

at least two non-color-forming intermediate layers,

wherein the at least one silver halide emulsion layer contains a dye-forming coupler,

wherein the at least one substantially light-insensitive dye-forming-coupler-containing layer is positioned adjacent to the silver halide emulsion layer;

the at least two non-color-forming intermediate layers are positioned adjacent to each other, one of the non-color-forming intermediate layers is substantially free of color-mixing inhibitor, and

another of the non-color-forming intermediate layers contains a color-mixing inhibitor; and at least one of the following conditions 1C) and 2) is satisfied:

1C) the silver halide emulsion layer contains silver halide grains having an average grain size of 0.40 μm or below, and

2) an aqueous dispersion of a water-insoluble photographically-useful compound is incorporated in the silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material and the dispersion has an average particle size of 100 nm or below.