Vinylic filler pigments

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A COLLOIDAL SIZED PIGMENT CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF INDIVIDUALLY COLORED VINYLIC FILLER PARTICLES AS HEREINAFTER DEFINED: SAID VINYLIC FILLER BEING MADE UP ESSENTIALLY OF POLYMER PARTICLES IN THE COLLOIDAL SIZE RANGE OF ABOUT 5 MILLIMICRONS TO ABOUT 0.5 MICRON AVERAGE DIAMETER; SAID PARTICLES BEING THREE-DIMENSIONALLY CROSS-LINKED SO THAT EACH PARTICLE IS NON-SOLUBLE IN ANY SOLVENT THAT DOES NOT BREAK DOWN ITS PRIMARY CHAIN STRUCTURE; SAID PARTICLES HAVING BEEN PREPARED BY CROSS-LINKING POLYMERIZATION, IN AQUEOUS DISPERSION, OF MONOMER MATERIAL POLYMERIZABLE THEREIN AND SELECTED FROM THE CLASS CONSISTING OF THE POLYMERIZABLE MONOMERS CONTAINING AT LEAST ONE CARBON-TO-CARBON UNSATURATED GROUP WITH FURTHER LIMITATION THAT THE SELECTED MONOMER MATERIAL COMPRISES CROSS-LINKING MONOMER MATERIAL CONTAINING A PLURALITY OF SUCH CARBON-TO-CARBON UNSATURATED GROUPS IN AT LEAST A SUFFICIENT AMOUNT TO EFFECT, IN SAID CROSS-LINKING POLYMERIZATION, ENOUGH CROSS-LINKING WITHIN THE PARTICLES TO RENDER THEM NON-SOLUBLE AS AFORESAID; SAID INDIVIDUAL VINYLIC FILLER PARTICLES HAVING COMBINED THEREON A COLORING COMPONENT OF A SIZE SUCH THAT THE RESULTING PIGMENT PARTICLES ARE STILL IN THE COLLOIDAL SIZE RANGE OF ABOUT 5 MILLIMICRONS TO ABOUT 0.5 MICRON AVERAGE DIAMETER, SAID COLORING COMPONENT BEING SELECTED FROM THE CLASS CONSISTING OF INORGANIC AND ORGANIC COLORS AND COLOR COMPONENTS, AND COMBINATIONS OF ANY THEREOF AND HAVING BEEN DEPOSITED, FROM SOLUTIONM IN THE AQUEOUS PHASE OF SAID AQUEOUS DISPERSION, ONTO THE SURFACE OF THE POLYMER PARTICLES FORMED BY THE CROSS-LINKING POLYMERIZATION IN SAID AQUEOUS DISPERSION, SAID PARTICLES FURTHER COMPRISING ON THEIR SURFACE, IN RESINOUS STATE, A CONDENSATION PRODUCT SELECTED FROM THE CLASS CONSISTING OF THE PHENOL-ALDEHYDE AND AMINO-ALDEHYDE RESINOUS CONDENSATION PRODUCT, SAID CONDENSATION PRODUCT-SURFACED PARTICLES STILL BEING IN THE COLLOIDAL RANGE OF ABOUT 5 MILLIMICRONS TO ABOUT 0.5 MICRON AVERAGE DIAMETER.