Color photographic element exhibiting increased red speed

A color photographic element containing a support bearing

• (a) a red record comprising, in order from the support, a less and a more red light sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, each having associated therewith at least one cyan dye-forming coupler;
• (b) further from the support a green record comprising, in order from the support, a less and a more green light sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, each having associated therewith at least one magenta dye-forming coupler, and
• (c) still further from the support, a blue record comprising in order from the support, a less and a more blue light sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, each having associated therewith at least one yellow dye-forming coupler;
• wherein:
• (d) there is located, below and only below the most red light sensitive layer of the red record, a relatively non-light sensitive red light reflective 3-D silver halide emulsion layer containing 3-D grains which have a proportion of 3-D grains of an ECD in the range of from 0.10 to 0.80 μm sufficient to improve the red speed of the element without degrading the sharpness of the element.