PROCESS FOR PRODUCING COLORED SHAPED ARTICLE FROM CURABLE RESIN, COLORED SHAPED ARTICLE PRODUCED FROM CURABLE RESIN, AND SHAPING APPARATUS

摘要

In forming a colored shaped article from a curable resin, the addition of either a single colorant or two or more colorants can be conducted without fail to produce a coloring effect without fail. A liquid, colorless, photocurable resin is irradiated with a laser light and cured to form a lowermost layer 5n. A liquid photocurable resin is applied to the upper side thereof to form a colored layer 5n-1 composed of a cured colorless region and a liquid pond region. A color ink is dropped to the liquid pond region. The liquid pond region is irradiated with a laser light to cure it to the same degree as the colorless region. A block-form coating film having a given thickness is formed from a sheet-form coating film of the color ink with which the pond region is covered. Due to the constitution, formation of the subsequent layer (colored layer 5n-2) on the colored layer 5n-1 can be conducted without any trouble. This process is repeated to form a colored layer 5n-2 to a colored layer 53 and to form a colored layer 52 on the colored layer 53. Furthermore, an uppermost layer 51 is formed on the colored layer 52.