Patent ID: 7579395

Claim:
A coating composition, comprising: water in an amount of 25 to 40 parts by weight; at least one low tinting pigment, wherein the low tinting pigment is selected to minimize hiding power in an amount of 1 to 7 parts by weight; at least one binder resin selected from the group consisting of polyacrylate resins and polyurethane resins in an amount of 50 to 70 parts by weight; a dispersant for the at least one binder resin; a cationic aminofunctional silicone polymer in amount 20-40 parts by weight; and an emulsion containing silica, dimethylpolysiloxane, and at least one ester type nonionic surfactant in amount of 1-4 parts by weight; the coating composition having a specific ratio range of said cationic aminofunctional silicone polymer to said emulsion, becoming a self patterned decorative coating when applied to a surface of a colored substrate without requiring the use of special tools and treatments to pattern the patterned decorative coating after application to the colored substrate.