Patent ID: 8173355

Claim:
A process for forming a structure comprising: a) providing a transparent support; b) forming a color mask, wherein the color mask has an associated absorption spectral range and wherein, within the absorption spectral range, the color mask has at least an effectively transparent portion and a partially absorptive portion, wherein the partially absorptive portion includes at least two portions having different optical densities within the absorption spectral range; c) coating a layer of a photopatternable material, sensitive to visible light in the absorption spectral range, on the transparent support after forming the color mask; d) exposing the layer of photopatternable material through the color mask with visible light to form a photopatternable material in a second exposed state that is different from a first as-coated state; e) developing the exposed photopatternable material to form a photopattern corresponding to at least one of said two portions of the partially absorptive portion; f) depositing a layer of functional material before or after coating the photopatternable material; and g) patterning the layer of functional material using the photopattern such that a pattern of functional material results corresponding to the at least one of said two portions of the partially absorptive portion.