Patent ID: 8053050

Claim:
A colored transparent article; comprising a thermoplastic polymer matrix; a plurality of domains in a single continuous portion of the colored transparent article wherein said domains are dispersed in said thermoplastic polymer matrix and encompass at least one incompatible filler; and one or more light absorbing compositions; with said domains having a range of dimensions in an axial plane parallel to the surface of said single continuous portion of the colored article, wherein said dimensions of at least some of said domains in said axial plane of the colored transparent article fall within a range of from about 400 nm to about 700 nm; and wherein the colored transparent article is of a single-layer construction; and said one or more light absorbing compositions is present in an effective amount to alter the light absorption of the colored transparent article so that the light absorbed by said single continuous portion of the colored transparent article is such that the total amount of relative light available for reflectance, X, is less than 9.6 in an equation X =Σ(1 −A i )× N i where A i is the percent of light absorbed at a wavelength i determined at said single continuous portion of the colored transparent article without the incompatible filler present, where N i is the number of domains having the longest dimension at said wavelength i per hundred square microns, where said wavelength i ranges from 400 nm to 700 nm; wherein said colored transparent article is of a single layer construction and wherein the thermoplastic polymer matrix is selected from the group consisting of linear polyesters, branched polyesters, polyamides, polystyrenes, polycarbonates, polyvinylchlorides, polyacrylamides, polyacrylonitriles, polyvinylacetate, polyvinyl methyl ether, ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer, ethylene methyl acrylate copolymer, low molecular weight polyolefins having 2 to 8 carbon atoms, and copolymers, terpolymers, and blends thereof.