The present invention provides a silver halide color photographic material having an excellent color reproducibility and preservability. A novel silver halide color photographic material comprising a support having providing thereon at least one blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing a yellow color coupler, at least one green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing a magenta color coupler, at least one red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing a cyan color coupler, and at least one silver halide emulsion layer which provides said at least one red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer with an interlayer effect is described, wherein said at least one silver halide emulsion layer which provides an interlayer effect is spectrally sensitized with a sensitizing dye represented by the following formula (I) and comprises a development inhibitor-releasing compound represented by the following formula (II): ##STR1##