Patent ID: 6531271
Filing Date: 2003-03-11
Classification: G03C,Y10S

Abstract:
A light-sensitive color photographic imaging element comprising a red-light-sensitive layer unit, a green-light-sensitive layer unit, and a blue-light-sensitive layer unit, the element further comprising at least two different chromogenic couplers, including a multifunctional coupler, and a developer precursor liberating a developing agent enabling cyan color from the multifunctional coupler on development, said multifunctional coupler and said developer precursor being in reactive association with at least one of said layer units, and wherein the multifunctional coupler has the property that it is capable of forming a distinctly colored dye with an oxidized form of the developer 4-(N-ethyl-N-2-hydroxyethyl)-2-methylphenylenediamine.