EP3388490

A manufacturing method for decorating natural leather with a decorative image including the steps of: applying on a crusted leather (45) a base coat (44) containing a pigment for providing a chromatic colour or an achromatic colour different from black; inkjet printing a colour image (43) on the base coat (44) using one or more pigmented UV curable inkjet inks; optionally applying a protective top coat (42) on the image (43); and optionally applying a heat pressing or embossing step; wherein the chromatic colour or the achromatic colour different from black of the base coat and the inkjet printed colour image are used in combination to provide the decorative image.