Colored golf ball and method of making same

A method of making a golf ball comprising the steps of:

• providing a core;
• forming a casing layer about the core, wherein the casing layer is comprised of an ionomer blend comprising at least one ionomer and from 3 wt % to 10 wt % of a color concentrate resin, based on the total weight of the ionomer blend, the color concentrate resin having a color appearance having coordinates LCC*, aCC*, bCC*, CCC*, and hCC◯ in the CIE LAB color space;
• forming a transparent cover layer about the casing layer;
• and
• forming a plurality of outer coating layers about the transparent cover layer to produce a golf ball having an overall golf ball color appearance having coordinates LGB*, aGB*, bGB*, CGB*, and hGB◯ in the CIE LAB color space that are different than coordinates LCC*, aCC*, bCC*, CCC*, and hCC◯ in the CIE LAB color space of the color concentrate resin, and
• LGB* and LCC* differ by greater than 11.50 CIE LAB color space coordinate points,
• aGB* and aCC* differ by greater than 3 CIE LAB color space coordinate points,
• bGB* and bCC* differ by less than 7 CIE LAB color space coordinate points,
• CGB* and CCC* differ by up to 15 CIE LAB color space coordinate points, and
• hGB◯ and hCC◯ differ by less than 7 CIE LAB color space coordinate points.

A method of making a golf ball comprising the steps of:

• providing a core;
• forming a casing layer about the core, wherein the casing layer is comprised of an ionomer blend comprising at least one ionomer and from 3 wt % to 10 wt % of a color concentrate resin, based on the total weight of the ionomer blend, the color concentrate resin having a color appearance having coordinates LCC*, aCC*, bCC*, CCC*, and hCC◯ in the CIE LAB color space;
• forming a transparent cover layer about the casing layer;
• and
• forming a plurality of outer coating layers about the transparent cover layer to produce a golf ball having an overall golf ball color appearance having coordinates LGB*, aGB*, bGB*, CGB*, and hGB◯ in the CIE LAB color space that are different than coordinates LCC*, aCC*, bCC*, CCC*, and hCC◯ in the CIE LAB color space of the color concentrate resin, and
• LGB* and LCC* differ by greater than 6 CIE LAB color space coordinate points,
• aGB* and aCC* differ by greater than 7 CIE LAB color space coordinate points,
• bGB* and bCC* differ by greater than 15 CIE LAB color space coordinate points,
• CGB* and CCC* differ by greater than 15 CIE LAB color space coordinate points, and
• hGB◯ and hCC◯ differ by greater than 9 CIE LAB color space coordinate points.