Method for elimination of reversal reexposure in processing photographic elements

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IN A METHOD OF REPRODUCING A PHOTOGRAPHIC COLOR REPRODUCTION COMPRISING EXPOSING TO A COLORED IMAGE A PHOTOGRAPHIC ELEMENT COMPRISING A SUPPORT HAVING COATED THEREON THREE PHOTOGRAPHIC SILVER HALIDE EMULSION LAYERS, ONE OF SAID LAYERS BEING SENSITIVE TO THE RED REGION OF THE SPECTRUM AND HAVING DISPERSED THEREIN A CYANIMAGE-FORMING COUPLER, ONE OF SAID LAYERS BEING SENSITIVE TO THE GREEN REGION OF THE SPECTRUM AND CONTAINING A MAGENTA-IMAGE-FORMING COUPLER, AND A THIRD ONE OF SAID LAYERS BEING SENSITIVE TO THE BLUE REGION OF THE SPECTRUM AND CONTAINING A YELLOW-IMAGE-FORMING COUPLER, DEVELOPING SAID PHOTOGRAPHIC ELEMENT IN A PHOTOGRAPHIC BLACK-AND-WHITE DEVELOPER TO PRODUCE A NEGATIVE IMAGE, CONTACTING SAID PHOTOGRAPHIC ELEMENT WITH A NUCLEATING AGENT FOR A SUFFICIENT TIME TO NUCLEATE THE PREVIOUSLY UNEXPOSED SILVER HALIDE AND RENDER IT DEVELOPABLE TO A VISIBLE IMAGE BY DEVELOPING SAID ELEMENT IN PHOTOGRAPHIC PHENYLENEDIAMINE COLOR DEVELOPER TO PRODUCE COLORED IMAGES BEARING A COMPLEMENTARY RELATIONSHIP TO THE COLOR IN THE ORIGINAL BEING REPRODUCED, CONTACTING SAID PHOTOGRAPHIC ELEMENT WITH A PHOTOGRAPHIC CLEARING AND FIXING BATH, CONTACTING SAID ELEMENT WITH AN OXIDIZING BATH TO REMOVE RESIDUAL SILVER SALTS FROM SAID PHOTOGRAPHIC SILVER HALIDE EMULSION LAYERS, THE STEP OF NUCLEATING SAID PREVIOUSLY UNEXPOSED SILVER HALIDE BY CONTACTING SAID PHOTOGRAPHIC ELEMENT WITH AN AQUEOUS SOLUTION OF A BORON COMPOUND NUCLEATING AGENT SELECTED FROM THOSE HAVING THE FORMULA: (I) ZBH3 WHEREIN Z REPRESENTS A MEMBER SELECTED FROM THE CLASS CONSISTING OF AMMONIA, AN AMINE, AN ETHYLENEDIAMINE BORANE, A HYDRAZINE BORANE, A PHOSPHINE, AN ARSINE, AND A STIBINE, AND THE FORMULA: