A heat developable color photographic material is disclosed, comprising a support having thereon at least a photosensitive silver halide, a binder, and a dye providing compound capable of releasing or forming a diffusible dye in correspondence or counter-correspondence to reduction of the silver halide to silver, said heat developable color photosensitive material further comprising a compound represented by formula (I):C.sub.6n (H.sub.2 O).sub.5n+1 (I)wherein n represents an integer of 1 or more. The material exhibits excellent raw preservability and provides a stain-free color image having a high maximum density.