Thermochromic artificial nail

A thermochromic artificial nail comprising an artificial nail having provided thereon a thermochromic layer of a thickness of at least 1 .mu.m, said thermochromic layer comprising a thermochromic material changeable in visible external appearance in response to a change in temperature,

• wherein said thermochromic material is formed of microcapsules each having a grain size of about 0.5-50 .mu.m and containing a quasi-reversible thermochromic coloring material which exhibits a hystersis characteristic in accordance with the change in temperature so as to exhibit interchangeability between a first color state and a second color state, where one of said first and second color states can be colorless,
• wherein a two-color holding temperature range is set within a temperature range common to the human environment, and
• wherein said microcapsules are fixed in a binder in a dispersed state so as to form said thermochromic layer,
• whereby the color of said thermochromic layer is changed by heating or cooling said layer so as to change the visible external appearances and one of the visible external appearances is selectively maintained in said temperature range.