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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2006
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2003
Shoichi Suzuki, Mobara, JP;
Yukiya Sato, Wakayama, JP;
Kazuhiko Nakayama, Wakayama, JP;
Nippon Paint Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A method for color matching using a combination of two or more powder coatings having different colors from each other to give a target color, wherein lightness, blending weight ratio and volume-average particle size of the powder coatings to be combined satisfy the following formula (I):and a method for preparing a coating film comprising applying powder coatings combined by the above method to a substrate. According to this method, since a coating film having homogeneous color with low mottling is obtained from two or more powder coatings having different colors from each other, the method can be used as a simplified process for color matching using the powder coatings requiring only a few primary color powder coatings to be furnished.