Patent ID: 8238027

Claim:
A security element in the form of a multi-layer film body, comprising: a replication lacquer layer having a first relief structure shaped into a surface thereof, the first relief structure defining a first region of the replication lacquer layer in which the first relief structure is formed and defining a second region of the replication lacquer layer in which the first relief structure is not formed; and a thin-film layer which is applied to the replication lacquer layer as an interference layer and extends continuously across the first and second regions thereof, wherein across the second region the thin-film layer has a nominal thickness t 0 and producing a viewing angle-dependent first color shift effect by interference, the thin-film layer having a reduced thickness t across the first region, the reduced thickness t causing no color shift effect to be produced from the thin-film layer in the first region, the reduced thickness t being less than the nominal thickness t 0 .