Retroreflective construction comprising a monolayer of microspheres (2) with associated dielectric mirrors (10) which are hemispherically surrounded by tangentially-oriented, preferably contour-conforming, reflective pigment nacreous flakes. The dielectric mirrors (10) and reflective nacreous pigment flakes cooperate additively substantially without interfering with each other to provide a high brightness retroreflective sheet. The novel sheets retain much of their reflectivity after several launderings or drycleanings and, in some embodiments, can be made very flexible, making them well-suited for use as reflective fabrics.
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