particles pigmented particulate minerals and resins in the form of granules beads vesiculated beads pellets flakes platelets cylinders coating powders and chips such as coating powder precursor chips are suitable as discrete color bodies for the purposes of this invention the minerals include glass quartz mica pebbles and ceramics the particulate resins include polyesters acrylics nylons polyurethanes polycarbonates solid fluorocarbon resins and solid mixtures of a fluorocarbon and a polymer or copolymer of the acrylate or methacrylate monomers as described above in regard to the liquid resinous coating amorphous acrylic styrene acrylonitrile resins sold by general electric under its geloy trademark noted for durability in weather related environments are suitable for the purposes of this invention the preferred granules are aggregates sold under the trademark colorquartz by 3m the preferred spherical s grade granule has a particle size range of 20 to 70 u s sieve which is about 8 to 30 mils the resin particles are likewise about 8 mils or larger chips intended to be ground for conversion into coating powders referred to hereinabove as coating powder precursor chips are themselves quite suitable as the discrete color bodies for this invention simulation of the asphalt shingle appearance may be achieved by contiguous discrete masses of different colors by spacing of the masses by at least as much as the individual particle sizes or both the pigments impart ultraviolet light resistance to the primer the topcoat and the embedded color bodies and yield aesthetic effects most of the uv resistant pigments are metal oxides examples of such include those sold as dupont ti pure r 960 cookson krolor ky 795 med yellow 2 cookson krolor ky 281d lt yellow 2 cookson krolor rko 786d orange 2 cookson krolor.