Photographic element containing scavenger for oxidized developing agent

A color photographic element comprising a support, at least one silver halide emulsion layer and a scavenger compound for oxidized developing agent wherein the scavenger compound is a hydrazine having the structural formula:

• ##STR11## wherein:
• R.sup.1 represents an electron donating group;
• R.sup.2 represents hydrogen, alkyl, alkoxy, aryl, aryloxy, aralkyl or amino of the formula --NHR.sup.3, where R.sup.3 is phenyl or benzyl;
• with the proviso that at least one of the substituents R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 (a) represents a ballast group of sufficient size as to render the hydrazide compound non-diffusible in the photographic element prior to development in alkaline processing solution and (b) comprises a polar group having a .pi. constant which is more negative than -1.0, and n is 0, 1 or 2.