A method for processing of a silver halide color photographic material for photography, which comprises a fixing or bleach-fixing step, followed by a water washing or stabilizing step, characterized in that:(i) said water washing or stabilizing step comprises multistage countercurrent baths which are countercurrently replenished with a washing water or stabilizing solution,(ii) the amount of the replenishing material is 3 to 50 times the volume of the solution taken by the photographic material into said water washing or stabilizing bath from the preceding bath and,(iii) said photographic material comprises at least one 2-equivalent magenta coupler represented by the formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 represents hydrogen atom or a substituent, X represents a split-off group, Za, Zb and Zc represent individually methine, substituted methine, .dbd.N-- or --NH--, one of the Za-Zb and Zb-Zc linkages is a double bond and the other is a single bond,or the formula (II): ##STR2## wherein R.sub.1 represents a carbonamido, anilino or ureido group, R.sub.2 represents a phenyl group and X represents a split-off group. This process provides a color image having good storage property and reduces the amount of waste liquid.