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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 1995
Filed:
Apr. 21, 1993
Yuichi Fukui, Hiroshima, JP;
Hajime Itoh, Hiroshima, JP;
Shigeki Hagura, Hiroshima, JP;
Itsumi Muraoka, Hiroshima, JP;
Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a shaped material consisting of a layer having open microvoids (hereinafter referred to as light-scattering layer) and a layer having a hue different from that of the light-scattering layer (hereinafter referred to as color-developing layer), the light-scattering layer constituting at least part of the outer surface of the shaped material and the color-developing layer constituting the rest of the shaped material, which shaped material changes its color reversibly depending upon its moist or dry condition, as well as to a process for producing said shaped material.