Patent ID: 6955832

Claim:
A method for making a colored polymeric substrate comprising the steps of: (a) providing a substrate constructed of a polymer; (b) coating at least a portion of a surface of the substrate with a color coat comprising at least one colorant, and a binder polymer obtained by copolymerizing polymerizable components comprising a. a first monomer being ethylenically unsaturated and having a latent crosslinkable pendent group selected from the group consisting of isocyanate, peroxy, perester, anhydride, alkoxysilane, silanol, acetoxysilane, silanes, halosilane, and combinations thereof; and b. a second monomer having an ethylenically unsaturated double bond copolymerizable with the first monomer; wherein the second monomer is substantially non-reactive with the latent crosslinkable group of the first monomer; and (c) subjecting the coated substrate to conditions which cause the color coat to adhere to the substrate.