Multilayered materials with color changing properties
Described are articles of wear including with a material with color changing properties. The material includes at least one elastic portion having an unstretched colored appearance and a stretched colored appearance. The material also includes at least one fixed portion having the stretched colored appearance regardless of a magnitude of an external force applied to the at least one fixed portion.
1. A panel of a shoe, the panel comprising:
a material with color changing properties comprising:
a first layer;
a third layer positioned below the first layer; and
a second layer positioned between the first layer and the third layer, wherein the second layer comprises a substantially translucent appearance in an unstretched condition, and a substantially opaque appearance in a stretched condition;
at least one elastic portion of the material comprising an unstretched colored appearance when the second layer is in the unstretched condition and a stretched colored appearance when the second layer is in the stretched condition, wherein the unstretched colored appearance is different from the stretched colored appearance; and
at least one fixed portion of the material comprising a permanently stretched condition, wherein the at least one fixed portion comprises the stretched colored appearance regardless of a magnitude of an external force applied to the at least one fixed portion, wherein:
the first, second, and third layers extend across an entire surface of the panel such that the first layer is an outermost layer of the panel; and
a change from the unstretched colored appearance to the stretched colored appearance occurs locally at a location of stretching of the at least one elastic portion.