An image-receiving element for color diffusion transfer photography for use with a photographic element containing at least one silver halide emulsion layer having incorporated therein a dye image forming material that is soluble in alkaline solution and becomes diffusible upon development of the silver halide emulsion layer with an alkaline processing solution, and to which the dye image forming material is imagewise transferred when the alkaline processing solution is spread between the image-receiving element and the photographic element; in which the image-receiving element comprises a support having at least one hydrophilic colloid layer thereon, at least one layer of the image-receiving element containing an alkaline solution-soluble hydrophilic synthetic polymer and a polymethylol compound.