A method of manufacturing a patterned, coloured surface on an object as well as an object manufactured by the method and a paint for carrying out the method.

A method of manufacturing a patterned, colored surface on an object of wooden or cellulose material comprises as the first step preparation of the pattern on the surface by removing or depressing predetermined portions of the surface, so that grooves or recesses are created therein. To create, by only one application of paint to the surface, a two-colored pattern in which the grooves have a color differing from that of the remainder of the surface there is subsequently applied to the whole surface, including recesses, a paint which in addition to dissolved dye or dye pigments and solvent, contains about 0,5 - 8%, calculated on the entire quantity of finished paint, inert or non-soluble, fine-grained particles of metal, glass, plastic, metal alloy, metal compound or the like having a maximum cross dimension which is substantially larger than the maximum cross dimension of the dye pigments and is comprised within the range 2 - 200 _w, preferably being less than 20 µ.The invention also relates to articles manufactured by the method and a paint for carrying out the method.