Decorative sheet and method for manufacturing molded article

A decorative sheet having a back surface and a front surface, comprising:

• a transfer layer transferred with the back surface bonded to a molded body and the front surface facing a side opposite to the molded body to decorate a molded article including the light-transmissive molded body having a three-dimensional shape or a two-dimensional shape;
• and
• a base material sheet that supports the transfer layer to be peelable, wherein
• the transfer layer includes:
• a protective layer having a first main surface and a second main surface and transmitting visible light;
• a first graphic layer provided on a side of the second main surface of the protective layer, the first graphic layer containing a plurality of kinds of interference pigments in a first group that emit respective interference lights having a plurality of colors different from one another in a first direction heading from the back surface to the front surface in a first binder that transmits visible light to exhibit a first mixed color;
• a second graphic layer provided on a side of the second main surface of the protective layer, the second graphic layer containing a plurality of kinds of interference pigments in a second group that emit respective interference lights having a plurality of colors different from one another in the first direction in a second binder that transmits visible light to exhibit a second mixed color different from the first mixed color;
• an optical functional layer provided closer to the front surface than the first graphic layer and the second graphic layer, the optical functional layer having an optical function that changes a reflectance property of light and transmits visible light;
• and
• an adhesive layer provided on the back surface, the adhesive layer transmitting visible light and being bondable to the molded body,
• the first graphic layer and the second graphic layer are configured such that a first planer shape of the first graphic layer and a second planer shape of the second graphic layer are combined to represent a graphic visually recognizable from a side of the front surface and the interference pigments in the first group, the interference pigments in the second group, the first binder, and the second binder transmit incident light traveling in the first direction to allow visually recognizing an image displayed on a side of the back surface from the side of the front surface, and
• the optical functional layer is configured to have a reflectance property, and the reflectance property increases a ratio of at least one of an amount of visible light representing the graphic and an amount of visible light representing the image and passing through the first graphic layer and the second graphic layer with respect to an amount of visible light reflected by the front surface and visually recognized.

A method for manufacturing a molded article, comprising:

• setting a decorative sheet into a cavity of a mold;
• and
• injecting a molten material in the mold to mold a transmissive molded body and fixedly securing the decorative sheet to the molded body simultaneously, wherein
• the decorative sheet includes:
• a base film having a first main surface and a second main surface and transmitting visible light;
• a first graphic layer provided on a side of the second main surface of the base film, the first graphic layer containing a plurality of kinds of interference pigments in a first group that emit respective interference lights having a plurality of colors different from one another in a first direction heading from a back surface of the decorative sheet to a front surface of the decorative sheet in a first binder that transmits visible light to exhibit a first mixed color;
• a second graphic layer provided on a side of the second main surface of the base film, the second graphic layer containing a plurality of kinds of interference pigments in a second group that emit respective interference lights having a plurality of colors different from one another in the first direction in a second binder that transmits visible light to exhibit a second mixed color different from the first mixed color;
• an optical functional layer provided closer to the first main surface than the first graphic layer and the second graphic layer, the optical functional layer having an optical function that changes a reflectance property of light and transmits visible light;
• and
• an adhesive layer provided on the back surface, the adhesive layer transmitting visible light and being bondable to the molded body,
• the first graphic layer and the second graphic layer are configured such that a first planer shape of the first graphic layer and a second planer shape of the second graphic layer are combined to represent a graphic visually recognizable from a side of the front surface and the interference pigments in the first group, the interference pigments in the second group, the first binder, and the second binder transmit incident light traveling in the first direction to allow visually recognizing an image displayed on a side of the back surface from the side of the front surface, and
• the optical functional layer is configured to have a reflectance property, and the reflectance property increases a ratio of at least one of an amount of visible light representing the graphic and an amount of visible light representing the image and passing through the first graphic layer and the second graphic layer with respect to an amount of visible light reflected by the front surface and visually recognized.