Patent ID: 7682666

Claim:
A method of producing a color and/or effect film comprising at least one color and/or effect layer prepared by a process comprising (1) continuously applying by an at least one applicator of step (1) an at least partial amount of a total amount of at least one basecoat composition (A) comprising one or more color and/or effect pigments by a directed application technique to a carrier, the at least one applicator of step (1) and the carrier being in relative motion with respect to one another, to construct a component layer of the color and/or effect layer in which the pigments are aligned anisotropically, (2) at least once, continuously applying the remainder of the basecoat composition (A) and at least one basecoat composition (B) containing one or more color and/or effect pigments, which is different than the at least one basecoat composition (A), to the component layer formed in step (1), by at least one application technique of step (2) with a least one applicator of step (2), which, in a resulting component layer of step (2), induces no arrangement of the pigments in a preferential direction, the at least one applicator of step (2) and the carrier being in relative motion with respect to one another, to further or fully construct the color and/or effect layer, and (3) drying or at least partially curing the resulting color and/or effect layer to provide a color and/or effect layer with high hiding power exhibiting an isotropic flop behavior and an isotropic color locus, both independent of the viewing angle.