Patent ID: 8679617

Claim:
A coating system comprising: (a) a first coating layer having a CIELAB L* value of no more than 40 and comprising: (i) a film-forming resin; and (ii) a visibly absorbing infrared transparent pigment; and (b) a second coating layer deposited beneath at least a portion of the first coating layer and comprising: (i) a film-forming resin; (ii) a thin flake metal or metal alloy infrared reflective pigment; and (iii) a visibly absorbing infrared transparent pigment, wherein the first coating layer and the second coating layer have a contrast ratio (L* second /L* first ) of 0.8:1 to 1.6:1; wherein the coating system has a % total solar reflectance of at least 25%; and wherein the second coating layer has a % TSR of at least 25%.