Colored retroreflective sheeting and method of making same

Details Colored retroreflective sheeting and method of making same Colored retroreflective sheeting and method of making same

1990-05-16

1993-07-20

Simmons, David A.

Optical: systems and elements

Signal reflector

3-corner retroreflective

359527, 156247, G02B 100

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052298825

ABSTRACT:
A retroreflective material providing a visual coloration includes a body member with microprisms on its rear surface. Some of the microprisms have a retroreflective interface and the remainder have a colored non-reflective coating thereon. As a result, light rays entering the front face which impinge upon the prisms with the retroreflective interface are redirected so that they exit the material in a parallel path. Light rays which travel to the color coated prisms are refracted from those prisms and impart a visual coloration to the material in daylight and ambient light.

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