Patent ID: 8672008

Claim:
A tire having a visible surface comprising over a portion of the surface patterns contrasting with the rest of said surface, wherein the pattern comprises either: a plurality of tufts distributed over the entire portion of the surface comprising the pattern, having a density of at least five tufts per mm 2 , each tuft having a mean cross section having a diameter of between 0.03 mm and 0.5 mm, or a plurality of blades distributed over the entire portion of the surface comprising the pattern, which are substantially parallel to one another and arranged to have a pitch of less than 0.5 mm, each blade having a mean width of between 0.03 mm and 0.5 mm, wherein the walls of the tufts or of the blades have, over at least one quarter of the area thereof, a mean roughness Rz of between 5 μm and 30 μm, wherein Rz is equal to: 1 n ⁢ ∑ i = 1 i = n ⁢ Rzi where Rzi is an individual profile height equal to the sum of the greatest projection height and the greatest depth of indentation of a profile of a surface within a respective base length Lzi, formed by dividing an evaluation length Ln into n base lengths Lz of equal length.