There is provided a decorative material having a pattern on a surface
thereof and exhibiting a difference in gloss according to the pattern
which is visually recognized as a concave portion, thereby imparting a
good convexo-concave feeling to a surface thereof, said decorative
material further exhibiting not only a good surface strength such as
abrasion resistance but also good marring resistance and oil resistance.
The decorative material of the present invention includes at least a
substrate, a low-gloss pattern ink layer partially formed on the
substrate, and a surface protective layer which is present on and
contacted with the low-gloss pattern ink layer so as to cover a whole
surface including both a region where the low-gloss pattern ink layer is
formed and a region where no low-gloss pattern ink layer is formed,
wherein the surface protective layer is formed by crosslinking and curing
an ionizing radiation-curable resin composition containing an ethylene
oxide-modified polymerizable compound, contains baked kaolin particles,
and is provided therein with a low-gloss region which is located in a
portion just above the low-gloss pattern ink layer and in the vicinity of
the portion and visually recognized as a concave portion.