Disclosed herein is a composition for use as a film on an image display filter. In some embodiments, the composition includes a cyanine dye exhibiting an absorption maximum in the wavelength region from about 830 to about 880 nm or from about 580 to about 600 nm and an anthraquinone dye comprising an anthraquinone compound substituted with an amino group in one or more positions selected from the 1-, 4-, 5-, and 8-position.