US Patent 7241488 Decorative paper comprising a yellow cellulose-based substrate

A decorative paper which has the yellowing be inconspicuous even if the surface resin layer comprising the cross linked coating layer of the ionizing radiation curable resin is provided on the decorative paper is provided. The decorative paper of the present invention uses a yellow base paper colored yellow or a white base paper colored white, containing a cellulose based pulp 1 and a colorant 2, as a colored base paper 3, and a surface resin layer 4 is provided thereon. More preferably, a whole solid layer is laminated between the colored base paper and the surface resin layer, wherein the whole solid layer is a yellow whole solid layer comprising a yellow ink is provided in the case that the base paper is the yellow base paper, or a white whole solid layer comprising a white ink is provided in the case that the base paper is the white base paper. Moreover, a patterned ink layer is also provided below the surface resin layer in general.