Patent ID: 6435984
Filing Date: 2002-08-20
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
A golf comprising:A golf ball body and a colored layer formed on the ball body, the colored layer containing a white inorganic pigment and/or a white organic pigment, a coloring inorganic pigment and/or a coloring organic pigment, and a fluorescent pigment, wherein values of L, a and b satisfy the following relationships when the color tone of the golf ball is represented by the Lab system: L&gE;8210&lE;(a2+b2)Â½&lE;45, â€ƒwherein the colored layer is made from a composition comprising: 100 parts by weight of a resin and/or a rubber as a base material; 0.5 to 6 parts by weight in total of the white inorganic pigment and the white organic pigment; 0.002 to 0.1 parts by weight in total of the coloring inorganic pigment and the coloring organic pigment; and 0.01 to 1.5 parts by weight of the fluorescent pigment, and wherein the content ratio of the fluorescent pigment to the total of the coloring organic pigment and the coloring inorganic pigment ranges from 10 to 50.