Radiation-curable compositions containing water

A method of producing light-scattering film comprising applying to a substrate a substantially continuous film comprising a water-in-oil emulsion consisting essentially of a continuous organic phase containing no inert organic solvent, said organic phase having homogeneously dispersed therein discrete droplets of water, said organic phase containing at least one olefinically unsaturated radiation-curable polymeric material and containing no material having ionogenic structural features, said polymeric material being substantially water-insoluble, essentially non-reactive with water and having at least one olefinically unsaturated group per molecule, the amount of water being sufficient to provide a stable water-in-oil emulsion which is visually translucent to opaque, and exposing said applied film to a source of radiation energy for a time sufficient to cure such film before water is released from said film.