Patent ID: 7108962

Claim:
A photographic processing composition, comprising at least one compound selected from the group consisting of a compound represented by formula (I) and a compound represented by formula (II): A 1 -X-L-Y-A 2 (I) wherein, in formula (I), A 1 and A 2 each independently represent an aryl group or an aromatic heterocyclic group, in which A 1 and A 2 do not include a triazinyl group; L represents an arylene group or a divalent aromatic heterocyclic group, in which L does not include a triazinylene group; X and Y each independently represent a divalent linking group; the compound represented by formula (I) contains at least two of a group represented by —SO 3 M or —CO 2 M; M represents a hydrogen atom, an alkali metal, an alkali earth metal, an ammonium or a pyridinium; a molecule represented by the formula (I) does not contain a group represented by —N═N— or —SH; and when L is a divalent aromatic heterocyclic group, X and Y each do not represent a divalent linking group singly composed of N(R 1 ), S or O, in which R 1 represents a hydrogen atom, or an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms; wherein, in formula (II), A 11 represents a tri- or tetra-valent aromatic hydrocarbon group or a tri- or tetra-valent aromatic heterocyclic group, in which A 11 is not a trivalent group of triazine; A 12 represents an aryl group or an aromatic heterocyclic group; X 1 represents a divalent linking group; M 1 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkali metal, an alkali earth metal, an ammonium or a pyridinium; a molecule represented by the formula (II) does not contain a group represented by —N═N— or —SH; n is an integer of 3 or 4; and r and s each are an integer of 0 to 10, in which r+s is 2 or more.