A decorative plastic molded article has an outer appearance of metallic color like and a display of a character, a graph or a symbol. A body of the molded article has a plate-like portion; the plate-like portion has a first surface and a second surface; a small concave and convex portion is formed on the second surface; the small concave and convex portion has a plurality of inclined surfaces. The outer appearance of metallic color like is obtained by the total reflection light at the inclined surface and the display of a character, a graph or a symbol is obtained by the transmissive light through a planar transparent portion with shape of a character, a graph or a symbol formed in the small concave and convex portion or the total reflection light at the small concave and convex portion with shape of a character, a graph or a symbol.