Patent ID: RE41623

Claim:
A method for transferring an image to a colored substrate comprising woven, fabric based material, or paper, comprising: providing an image transfer sheet comprising an image transfer substrate; a release layer contacting the image transfer substrate and an image-imparting layer that comprises a polymer that includes indicia wherein the release layer is impregnated with one or more of titanium oxide or other white pigment or luminescent pigment; peeling the image transfer substrate from the image transfer sheet; contacting at least the remaining portions of the image transfer sheet to the colored substrate comprising woven, fabric based material, or paper; and applying heat to at least the remaining portions of the image transfer sheet so that an image including indicia from the image-imparting layer is transferred from the image transfer sheet to the colored substrate comprising woven, fabric based material, or paper wherein the image comprises a substantially white background or luminescent background and indicia.