Decorative molded object having color design image and method of producing the same

A method of producing a decorative molded object which is a resin molded object decorated with a color design image representing a letter, a symbol, and a figure comprising the steps of:

• printing a color design image on an image carrying layer, which is composed of a porous material having, as a bonding phase, inorganic fine particles bound with each other with a binder resin and is arranged on a substrate sheet, with an output apparatus that collectively outputs color design data to form a coloring agent layer for displaying the color design image on the substrate sheet;
• curing, after application and deposition onto the coloring agent layer, a transparent resin liquid to thereby form a transparent resin layer;
• transferring the transparent resin layer and the coloring agent layer on the substrate sheet onto a resin molded object to be decorated;
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• peeling the substrate sheet with the transferred coloring agent layer left on the resin molded object to form a color design image layer on the resin molded object.