Areal security element and method for producing it

A method for manufacturing an areal security element for security papers or documents of value, with the following procedure steps:

• a) manufacturing an embossed lacquer layer with an areal diffraction structure,
• b) applying a thin-layer element with color shift effect onto the embossed lacquer structure, which contains a first reflection layer with a first color effect, so that the diffraction structure of the embossed lacquer layer continues to exist in the thin-layer element and
• c) applying a second reflection layer with a second color effect different from the first color effect onto the thin-layer element, so that the diffraction structure of the embossed lacquer layer and of the thin-layer element continues to exist in the second reflection layer.

A method for manufacturing an areal security element for security papers or documents of value, with the following procedure steps:

• α) manufacturing an embossed lacquer layer with an areal diffraction structure,
• β) applying a reflection layer with a predetermined color effect onto the embossed lacquer structure, so that the diffraction structure of the embossed lacquer layer continues to exist in the reflection layer, and
• χ) applying a thin-layer element with color shift effect onto the reflection layer, which contains a further reflection layer with a further color effect different from the predetermined color effect of the reflection layer applied first, so that the diffraction structure of the embossed lacquer layer and of the reflection layer applied first continues to exist in the thin-layer element.