Solid particle dispersion filter dyes for photographic compositions

A photographic element comprising a support having thereon a radiation-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer and a hydrophilic filter dye layer comprising a hydrophilic binder and an amount effective as a photographic filter dye of a dispersion of solid particles having a mean diameter of from about 0.01 to 10 mm, said particles consisting essentially of a filter dye having the formula:

• [D-(A).sub.y ]-X.sub.n
• where
• D is a chromophoric light-absorbing moiety, which, when y is 0, comprises an aromatic ring free of carboxy substituents,
• A is an aromatic ring, free of carboxy substituents, bonded directly or indirectly to D,
• X is a substituent, other than carboxy, having an ionizable proton, either on A or on an aromatic ring portion of D, having a pKa of about 4 to 11 in a 50/50 mixture (volume basis) of ethanol and water,
• y is 0 to 4,
• n is 1 to 7, and
• the compound has a log partition coefficient of from about 0 to 6 when the compound is in unionized form.