Radiographic element exhibiting reduced crossover

A radiographic element comprised of

• a blue tinted transparent film support having opposed major faces,
• processing solution permeable hydrophilic colloid layers including, coated on each opposed major ace, at least one silver halide emulsion layer capable of responding to electromagnetic radiation in the visible portion of spectrum and at least one other hydrophilic colloid layer interposed between said emulsion layer and said support,
• a yellow or magenta dye dispersed in at least one of said interposed hydrophilic colloid layers coated on each said major faces capable of absorbing visible radiation to which said radiographic element is responsive to reduce crossover and capable of being decolorized in a processing solution,
• characterized in that
• said dye is prior to processing in the form of microcrystalline particles of less than 1 .mu.m in mean diameter present in a concentration sufficient to impart an optical density of at least 1.00 over a 100 nm spectral interval including the wavelength of peak silver halide emulsion sensitivity within the visible spectrum, thereby reducing crossover to less than 10 percent, and is capable of being substantially decolorized to a density of less than 0.01 in less than 90 seconds in a hydroquinone-phenidone.RTM. (1-phenyl-3-pyrazolidone) developer having a pH of at least 10.