A silver halide emulsion containing silver halide grains with a silver chloride content of at least 95 mole %, being sensitized with selenium and gold, and further containing at least two compounds each having a function of oxidizing metallic silver clusters; a silver halide photographic material containing the same; and a silver halide photographic material having red-, green, and blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layers, wherein one of the emulsion layers contains a silver halide emulsion with a silver chloride content of at least 95 mole %, and the silver halide emulsion contains a selenium compound and a metal complex of formula (D1); [M.sup.D1X.sup.D1.sub.nL.sup.D1.sub.(6-n)].sup.m formula (D1) wherein M.sup.D1 represents Cr, Mo, Re, Fe, Ru, Os, Co, Rh, Pd, or Pt; X.sup.D1 represents a halogen ion; L.sup.D1 represents a ligand other than X.sup.D1; n represents 3, 4, 5, or 6; and m represents 4-, 3-, 2-, 1-, 0 or 1+.