Golf ball
A golf ball including an outer surface having dimples located on the outer surface, at least one core, at least one mantle layer, at least one cover layer, and a plurality of images located on the outer surface, the images being provided with at least two contrasting colors, wherein the plurality of images each have a Major Peak Ratio of between 0.18 and 1, a Major Valley Ratio of between 0.18 and 1, a slope value of between −5 and 5, and an intercept value between 5 and 80.
1. A golf ball comprising an outer surface having dimples located on the outer surface;
at least one core;
at least one cover layer; and
a plurality of images located on the outer surface, the images being provided with at least two non-white colors;
wherein the plurality of images each have a Major Peak Ratio of between 0.18 and 1, a Major Valley Ratio of between 0.18 and 1, a slope value of between −5 and 5, and an intercept value between 5 and 80.
2. The golf ball of claim 1 , wherein each image has a color contrast variation along a normalized horizontal and/or vertical line within the image from a centroid to an image edge having at least two major peaks, each of the major peaks having a peak height of at least 10% pixel value.
3. The golf ball of claim 2 , wherein each image has at least two major valleys, each of the valleys having a valley minimum value of at least 10% pixel value.
4. The golf ball of claim 2 , wherein each image has a peak-to-peak length of 5% to 25% of the distance from the centroid to the image edge.
5. The golf ball of claim 1 , wherein each image has a color contrast variation along a normalized horizontal and/or vertical line within the image from a centroid to an image edge having between 5 to 70 major peaks, each of the major peaks having a peak height of at least 10% pixel value.
6. The golf ball of claim 1 , wherein each image has a color contrast variation along a normalized horizontal and/or vertical line within the image from a centroid to an image edge having between 3 to 90 major peaks, each of the major peaks having a peak height of at least 10% pixel value.
7. The golf ball of claim 1 , wherein each image has a color contrast variation along a normalized horizontal and/or vertical line within the image from a centroid to an image edge having between 4 to 80 major peaks, each of the major peaks having a peak height of at least 10% pixel value.
8. The golf ball of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of images each include a first non-white color and a second non-white color have an absolute value difference between CIELab L values of between 5 to 70, an absolute value difference between CIELab “a” values of between 3 and 50, and an absolute value difference between CIELab “b” values of between 5 and 90.
9. The golf ball of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of images are provided with a first non-white color and a second non-white color, the first non-white color and the second non-white color have a ΔE*ab value relative to the base color of the ball that is between 40 and 100.
10. The golf ball of claim 1 , further comprising at least one mantle layer.
11. The golf ball of claim 1 , wherein the images are provided with at least three non-white colors.
12. The golf ball of claim 1 , wherein the images includes at least one non-linear shape.
13. A golf ball comprising an outer surface having dimples located on the outer surface;
at least one core;
at least one cover layer;
a base color located on the outer surface; and
a plurality of images located on the outer surface, the plurality of images being provided with a first non-white color and a second non-white color, the first non-white color and the second non-white color have an absolute value difference between CIELab L values of between 5 to 70, an absolute value difference between CIELab “a” values of between 3 and 50, and an absolute value difference between CIELab “b” values of between 5 and 90;
wherein the first non-white color having an absolute value difference in CIELab L value (|ΔL|), relative to the base color of the ball, of between 30 and 90 is provided, and wherein the plurality of images each have a Major Peak Ratio of between 0.18 and 1, a Major Valley Ratio of between 0.18 and 1, a slope value of between −5 and 5, and an intercept value between 5 and 80.
14. The golf ball of claim 13 , wherein the first non-white color has an absolute value difference in “a” value (|Δa|), relative to the base color of between 0.1 and 10.
15. The golf ball of claim 13 , wherein the first non-white color has an absolute value difference in “b” value (|Δb|), relative to a base white color of the ball, of between 3 and 12.
16. The golf ball of claim 13 , wherein the first non-white color has CIELab L value of 15 to 35, a CIELab “a” value of —2.5 to 3, and a CIELab “b” value of −1 to 10, the second non-white color having a CIELab L value of 60 to 100, a CIELab “a” value of 5 to 15, and a CIELab “b” value of 60 to 100, and further comprising a third non-white color having a CIELab L value of 30 to 50, a CIELab “a” value of 30 to 50, and a CIELab “b” value of 10 to 20.
17. The golf ball of claim 13 , wherein the plurality of images each have a layer having a thickness of 10 to 45 μm.
18. The golf ball of claim 16 , wherein a third non-white color is provided having an absolute value difference in CIELab L value (|ΔL|), relative to the base color of the ball, of between 30 and 90.
19. The golf ball of claim 13 , further comprising at least one mantle layer.
20. The golf ball of claim 13 , wherein the images are provided with at least three non-white colors.
21. The golf ball of claim 13 , wherein the images includes at least one non-linear shape.
22. A golf ball comprising an outer surface having dimples located on the outer surface;
at least one core;
at least one cover layer;
a base color located on the outer surface; and
a plurality of images located on the outer surface, the plurality of images being provided with a first non-white color and a second non-white color, the first non-white color and the second non-white color have a ΔE*ab value relative to the base color of the ball that is between 40 and 100, wherein the plurality of images each have a Major Peak Ratio of between 0.18 and 1, a Major Valley Ratio of between 0.18 and 1, a slope value of between −5 and 5, and an intercept value between 5 and 80.
23. The golf ball of claim 22 , wherein the ΔE*ab value of the second non-white color is between 80 and 110.
24. The golf ball of claim 22 , wherein the plurality of images includes a third non-white color, the third non-white color having a ΔE*ab value of between 50 and 90.
25. The golf ball of claim 22 , further comprising at least one mantle layer.
26. The golf ball of claim 22 , wherein the images are provided with at least three non-white colors.
27. The golf ball of claim 22 , wherein the images includes at least one non-linear shape.
28. A golf ball comprising an outer surface having dimples located on the outer surface;
at least one core;
at least one cover layer; and
a plurality of images located on the outer surface, the images being provided with at least two contrasting colors;
wherein the plurality of images each have a Major Peak Ratio of between 0.18 and 1, a Major Valley Ratio of between 0.18 and 1, a slope value of between −5 and 5, and an intercept value between 5 and 80.
29. The golf ball of claim 28 , wherein the images are provided with at least three contrasting colors.
30. The golf ball of claim 28 , wherein the images includes at least one non-linear shape.