Bright Color Coatings for Electronic Devices

Apparatus comprising:

• a conductive substrate;
• and
• a coating on the conductive substrate and having a color, the coating comprising:
• adhesion and transition layers, and
• an uppermost layer on the adhesion and transition layers, wherein the uppermost layer comprises a TiCrCN film and wherein an atomic percentage of Cr atoms in the TiCrCN film is greater than or equal to 12%.

Apparatus comprising:

• a conductive substrate;
• and
• a coating on the conductive substrate and having a color, the coating comprising:
• adhesion and transition layers;
• and
• an uppermost layer on the adhesion and transition layers, wherein the uppermost layer comprises a film selected from the group consisting of:
• a TiN film, a TiNSiC film, a ZrN film, a ZrNC film, a ZrNSi film, a ZrNSiC film, a HfN film, a HfNC film, a HfNSi film, a HfNSiC film, a CrN film, and a CrNSi film.