Method of making multi-color golf ball having discontinuous colored coating and resulting multi-color golf ball

1. A method of painting a golf ball comprising:

providing a golf ball comprising a core and a cover disposed about the core wherein the cover comprises an outer surface having n visually distinct color regions;

partially coating the outer surface with at least one coating X and forming on the outer surface at least one color region n+1 that has a different color than at least one of the n visually distinct color regions forming a boundary or intersecting with color region n+1; and

thereby forming a golf ball having at least n+p visually distinct color regions wherein p≧1;

wherein the at least one color region n+1 is translucent.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the n visually distinct color regions is opaque.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the n visually distinct color regions is translucent.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein each of the n visually distinct color regions is translucent.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein each of the n visually distinct color regions is opaque.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one color region n+1 is opaque.

7. A method of painting a golf ball comprising:

providing a golf ball comprising a core and a cover disposed about the core, wherein the cover comprises an outer surface having at least a first visually distinct cover region comprising color C 1 ;

partially coating the outer surface with coating X n having color C n wherein n comprises the number of partial coatings and n≧1; and

wherein each of C n is different and C n ≠C 1 , thereby forming at least a second visually distinct color region on the outer surface;

wherein at least one color C n is translucent.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein C 1 is opaque.

9. The method of claim 7 , wherein C 1 is translucent.

10. The method of claim 7 , wherein at least one color C n is opaque.

11. A method of painting a golf ball comprising:

providing a golf ball comprising a core and a cover disposed about the core, wherein the cover comprises an outer surface having at least a first visually distinct cover region comprising at least one color C 1 ;

partially coating the outer surface with at least coating X 1 and coating X 2 , wherein coating X 1 has color C 2 and coating X 2 has color C 3 such that C 3 ≠C2≠C1,

thereby forming at least three visually distinct color regions on the outer surface;

wherein coating X 1 has surface area S 1 on the outer surface and coating X 2 has surface area S 2 on the outer surface and S 1 intersects S 2 .

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein C 1 is opaque.

13. The method of claim 11 , wherein C 1 is translucent.

14. The method of claim 11 , wherein C 2 is opaque.

15. A method of painting a golf ball comprising:

providing a golf ball comprising a core and a cover disposed about the core, wherein the cover comprises an outer surface having at least a first visually distinct cover region comprising at least one color C 1 ;

partially coating the outer surface with at least coating X 1 and coating X 2 , wherein coating X 1 has color C 2 and coating X 2 has color C 3 such that C 3 ≠C2≠C1,

thereby forming at least three visually distinct color regions on the outer surface;

wherein C 2 is translucent.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein C 3 is opaque.

17. The method of claim 15 , wherein C3 is translucent.

18. A golf ball comprising a core, a cover disposed about the core, and a plurality of partial coatings formed on an outer surface of the cover, wherein each partial coating has a different color, the outer surface having a surface area S o and the plurality of coatings having a combined surface area S n wherein n is the number of partial coatings and S n =S o , such that the golf ball has an overall color appearance of at least n different colors.