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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2011
Wilhelm Kettler, Wuppertal, DE;
Uwe Johansson, Erkrath, DE;
Wilhelm Kettler, Wuppertal, DE;
Uwe Johansson, Erkrath, DE;
Axalta Coating Systems IP Co., LLC, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
The invention relates to a check-tile for validating instrument scales of color measurement instruments, in particular goniospectrophotometers, said check-tile comprising a non-transparent (opaque) substrate coated with a pigmented coating, wherein: A) said non-transparent (opaque) colored substrate is colored with at least one achromatic solid pigment, and is coated with a pigmented mid-coat, wherein said pigmented mid-coat I is translucent and made of a base coat coating composition I comprising at least one transparent interference pigment and at least one transparent or semi-transparent solid colored pigment, or, B) said non-transparent (opaque) colored substrate is colored with at least one opaque solid color pigment, and is coated with a pigmented mid-coat II, wherein said pigmented mid-coat is translucent and made of a base coat coating composition II comprising at least one transparent interference pigment.