U.S. 7,851,026 B2

Kansai Paint Co. has been granted a patent for a coating method comprised of the steps of applying a metallic base coating containing an effect pigment on a surface to be coated and applying a colored clear coating, wherein the metallic base coating forms a coating film having an IV value of 230 or more and a measured value of particle feeling (HG value) on a micro brilliance feeling-measuring apparatus of from 60 to approximately 40.