as zinc oxide carbon black iron oxide cobalt oxide chromium chromium oxide clay amorphous silia etc may be used in place of or in combination with titanium dioxide typically the amount of opacifying agent found to be useful in the invention is in the range of about 5 to 50 and preferably about 10 to 40 based on the weight of the sheet opacifying extenders like silica alumina and clay can be used with the furnish additives conventionally used in decor sheets such as alum alkali and the like may be added in conventional amounts to control certain characteristics such as postforming wet strength resins may be added for wet strength characteristics a retention aide may also be added if desired selection of the resin useful in the present invention will largely be governed by the intended end use of the finished decorative laminate amnioplasts such as melamine formaldehyde resin acrylics such as polyacrylonitrile polyester resins such as diallylphthalate phenolic resins polyurethanes and epoxy resins may be used the decor sheets of the present invention can be employed in conjunction with other sheets conventionally used in decorative laminates for example the decor sheet of the present invention may be bonded to a plurality of fibrous cellulosic core or body sheets which typically are unbleached kraft paper sheets impregnated with a thermosetting resin such as a.