DIRECT POSITIVE PHOTOGRAPHIC SENSITIVE MATERIAL

PURPOSE:To obtain the high max. image density (Dmax.) without increasing the min. image density (Dmin) by consisting internal latent image type silver halide particles of a silver chlorobromide, silver bromide or silver chloroiodobromide contg. >=90 mol.% silver bromide and forming 20 to 80% of the total surface area of the particles of (100) face. CONSTITUTION:The internal latent image type silver halide particles consist of the silver chlorobromide, silver bromide or silver chloroiodobromide contg. >=90 mol.% silver bromide and 20 to 80% of the total surface area of the particles consists of the (100) face. The silver bromide content of the internal latent image type silver halide particles is preferably >=93 mol.% and more particularly preferably >=95 mol.%. And 25 to 75% of the total surface area of the internal latent image type silver haldie particles is preferably the (100) face, more preferably 30 to 70% is the (100) face. The high Dmax is obtd. without increasing the Dmin in this way and the high sensitivity is obtd.