Abstract: In order to improve the sharpness, after painting, of a steel strip and, at the same time, improve the press moldability of the steel strip, the steel strip of the present invention is characterized by having a plurality of small recessed portions transferred by means of a rolling dull roll having a protrusion composed mainly of Cr and homogeneously provided on the surface of the roll; the recessed portion having a configuration satisfying requirements of a diameter, d, of 50 to 500 .mu.m, a depth, h, of the recessed portion of 2 to 40 .mu.m and a total volume of recessed portions per mm.sup.2 of the surface of the steel strip of 0.10.times.10.sup.6 .mu.m.sup.3 or more, the center line distance, P.sub.1, between recessed portions adjacent to each other in the direction of rolling being in the range of from 1.0 d to 4.0 d, the center line distance, P.sub.2, between rows in the direction of rolling being in the range of from 1.0 d to 4.0 d.