A printed article comprising at least two clear layers formed using an ink composition for forming a clear layer on a substrate or on a printed article in which a printed coating film as a recording layer is formed on a substrate, wherein the ink composition for forming a clear layer contains a polymerizable compound, a photopolymerization initiator and a surface tension regulator, wherein the polymerizable compound comprises of polymerizable compound(s) to be cured by an energy ray, said polymerizable compound having a monofunctional monomer or a polyfunctional monomer having one or more ethylene double bonds in a molecule, wherein the monofunctional monomer having one ethylenic double bond in a molecule includes amyl (meth)acrylate, isoamyl (meth)acrylate, octyl (meth)acrylate, isooctyl (meth)acrylate, decyl (meth)acrylate, isodecyl (meth)acrylate, lauryl (meth)acrylate, isomyristyl (meth)acrylate, stearyl (meth)acrylate, isostearyl (meth)acrylate, 2-ethylhexyl-diglycol (meth)acrylate, 2-(meth)acryloyloxyethylhexahydrophthalic acid, neopentyl glycol (meth)acrylic acid benzoic acid ester, butoxyethyl (meth)acrylate, ethoxy-diethylene glycol (meth)acrylate, methoxy-triethylene glycol (meth)acrylate, methoxy-polyethylene glycol (meth)acrylate, methoxydipropylene glycol (meth)acrylate, phenoxyethyl (meth)acrylate, phenoxy-polyethylene glycol (meth)acrylate, nonylphenol ethylene oxide adduct (meth)acrylate, tetrahydrofurfuryl (meth)acrylate, isobornyl (meth)acrylate, 2-hydroxyethyl (meth)acrylate, 2-hydroxypropyl (meth)acrylate, 2-hydroxybutyl (meth)acrylate, 2-hydroxy-3-phenoxypropyl (meth)acrylate, 2-(meth)acryloyloxyethyl-succinic acid, 2-(meth)acryloyloxyethyl-phthalic acid, 2-(meth)acryloyloxyethyl-2-hydroxyethylphthalic acid, and (meth)acrylate monomers in which a functional group such as phosphorus or fluorine is added to the aforementioned monomers, or mixtures of those, the polyfunctional monomer having two ethylenic double bonds in a molecule includes hydroxypivalic acid neopentyl glycol di(meth)acrylate, polytetramethylene glycol di(meth)acrylate, trimethylolpropane (meth)acrylic acid benzoic acid ester, diethylene glycol di(meth)acrylate, triethylene glycol di(meth)acrylate, tetraethylene glycol di(meth)acrylate, polyethylene glycol di(meth)acrylate, polyethylene glycol di(meth)acrylate, polyethylene glycol di(meth)acrylate, polyethylene glycol di(meth)acrylate, dipropylene glycol di(meth)acrylate, tripropylene glycol di(meth)acrylate, polypropylene glycol di(meth)acrylate, polypropylene glycol di(meth)acrylate, neopentyl glycol di(meth)acrylate, 1,3-butanediol di(meth)acrylate, 1,4-butanediol di(meth)acrylate, 1,6-hexanediol di(meth)acrylate, 1,9-nonanediol di(meth)acrylate, neopentyl glycol di(meth)acrylate, dimethylol-tricyclodecane di(meth)acrylate, bisphenol A ethylene oxide adduct di(meth)acrylate, and bisphenol A propylene oxide adduct di(meth)acrylate, or mixtures of these, and the polyfunctional monomer having three ethylenic double bonds in a molecule includes trimethylolpropane tri(meth)acrylate, pentaerythritol tri(meth)acrylate, tris(2-hydroxyethyl)isocyanurate tri(meth)acrylate, glyceryl tri(meth)acrylate, and these monomers modified with ethylene oxide, with propylene oxide or with caprolactone, or mixtures of these the recording layer is formed of an energy ray-curable ink composition containing a coloring agent, a polymerizable compound, and a surface tension regulator, the substrate is selected from the group consisting of polypropylene which have been subjected to corona discharge treatment, polyethylene terephthalate, polycarbonate, polystyrene, polyvinyl chloride, polyvinylidene chloride, and an acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene copolymer, the surface free energy of the substrate is 30 to 45 (mJ/m 2), the surface free energy of the recording layer is 40 to 50 (mJ/m 2), the contact angle of the ink composition for forming a clear layer to the substrate is 30 to 65 degrees, the contact angle of the ink composition for forming a clear layer to the recording layer is 40 to 55 degrees, and the contact angle of the ink composition for forming a clear layer to the clear layer is 45 to 60 degrees.