A method of applying coating color

The invention relates to a method for applying coating medium, in particular coating color to the surface of a moving paper or board web, in order to make, for example, an ink-jet printing or flexographic printing capable of being cationic and anionic adjusted coating medium is used. According to the invention it is provided that, a base layer (5b, 5c), consisting of an anionically adjusted application medium (5), and a cover layer (6b, 6c) consisting of a cationically adjusted application medium (6) in succession on the surface of the paper or is applied cardboard web (1) or on the same side of the web.