DECORATIVE COATINGS

Pigment free decorative coatings with bright metallic attractive colours could also have other functionalities in terms of abrasion resistance, UV stability, adhesion, defined coating thickness, resistance to chemicals, etc … turning them into protective decorative coatings.

Example:
Certain compounds have absorptions that make grey shade filters and provide a dark background for decorative coatings. ALD facilitates engineering of mixed materials with certain appearance colors called interference-based decorative coatings.