| abstract |
tire, colored composition, and, method of applying colored composition. A tire comprising at least one outer structural member, wherein said at least one outer structural member is at least partially coated with at least one colored coating layer including a colored composition comprising: (a) from 5 wt% to 50 wt% preferably from 15% by weight to 30% by weight, with respect to the total weight of the dry colored composition of at least one cross-linked polymeric compound obtained by the reaction of (a1) at least one thermoplastic polyurethane with (a2) at least one polyisocyanate; (b) from 10 wt% to 80 wt%, preferably 30 wt% to 70 wt%, with respect to the total weight of the dry colored composition, of at least one thermoplastic polymeric compound having a glass transition temperature of more higher than or equal to 20 ° C, preferably from 30 ° C to 150 ° C, more preferably from 45 ° C to 100 ° C; (c) from 3 wt% to 50 wt%, preferably from 4 wt% to 30 wt%, with respect to the total weight of the dry colored composition of at least one coloring agent. preferably said at least one structural element is at least one of the tire sides. |