Abstract: A colored metal sheet useful as a decorative member, a multi-colored signboard, etc. is provided by transfer-printing a topcoat or clear paint layer 4 formed on a substrate metal sheet 1 with a sublimation dye. A basecoat paint layer 2 and a primer paint layer 3 may be formed between the substrate metal sheet 1 and the paint layer 4. A sublimation dye penetrates into the paint layer 4 to form colored parts 5 extending along thickness direction of the paint layer 4. Glass flakes 6 (of 8 ?m or less in thickness and 10-70 ?m in length) and calcium silicate (of 1-8 ?m in primary particle size) may be dispersed in the paint layer 4, to improve slippage-proof property and wear-resistance. Powdery silica (of 0.5-8 ?m in particle size) may be dispersed in the paint layer 4, to improve anti-scratching property and wear-resistance.

Abstract: A cladding member of a piping system for conveyance or storage of a low-temperature liquid is a metal sheet coated with a paint film with surface roughness controlled to 2-20 &mgr;m by arithmetical mean deviation of profile and 5-60 &mgr;m by average wavelength of undulation. The paint film has an infrared emissivity of 0.85 or more, a spectral-emissivity of 0.5 or more within a wavelength region of 4-6 &mgr;m and a solar radiation reflectance of 0.2 or more. Heat transmission to the interior of the piping system is suppressed due to the controlled surface roughness, and an outer surface of the cladding member is prevented from dew condensation due to the higher solar radiation reflectance.

Abstract: A colored metal sheet useful as a decorative member, a multi-colored signboard, etc. is provided by transfer-printing a topcoat or clear paint layer 4 formed on a substrate metal sheet 1 with a sublimation dye. A basecoat paint layer 2 and a primer paint layer 3 may be formed between the substrate metal sheet 1 and the paint layer 4. A sublimation dye penetrates into the paint layer 4 to form colored parts 5 extending along thickness direction of the paint layer 4. Glass flakes 6 (of 8 &mgr;m or less in thickness and 10-70 &mgr;m in length) and calcium silicate (of 1-8 &mgr;m in primary particle size) may be dispersed in the paint layer 4, to improve slippage-proof property and wear-resistance. Powdery silica (of 0.5-8 &mgr;m in particle size) may be dispersed in the paint layer 4, to improve anti-scratching property and wear-resistance.

Abstract: A colored metal sheet useful as a decorative member, a multi-colored signboard, etc. is provided by transfer-printing a topcoat or clear paint layer 4 formed on a substrate metal sheet 1 with a sublimation dye. A basecoat paint layer 2 and a primer paint layer 3 may be formed between the substrate metal sheet 1 and the paint layer 4. A sublimation dye penetrates into the paint layer 4 to form colored parts 5 extending along thickness direction of the paint layer 4. Glass flakes 6 (of 8 &mgr;m or less in thickness and 10-70 &mgr;m in length) and calcium silicate (of 1-8 &mgr;m in primary particle size) may be dispersed in the paint layer 4, to improve slippage-proof property and wear-resistance. Powdery silica (of 0.5-8 &mgr;m in particle size) may be dispersed in the paint layer 4, to improve anti-scratching property and wear-resistance.