Method and device for coating a narrow side of a plate-shaped workpiece

The invention relates to a method for coating a narrow side (1) of a plate-shaped workpiece (2) with a coating material (3)， in particular a strip-shaped or band-shaped coating material (3)， using a coating device， the coating material (3) being applied to the Narrow side (1) of the workpiece (2) at least in an edge region (5) which is assigned to an adhesive surface (6) of the coating material (3)， is colored with a base color (4) or the coating material (3) is completely colored with the base color (4)， the base color (4) being based on a color tone and / or a pattern and / or decoration of a surface (8) of the workpiece ( 2) is color coordinated， so that after the coating material (3) has been applied to the narrow side (1) of the workpiece (2)， a coordinated color transition between the colored coating material (3) and the color and / or pattern and / or decoration of the surface (8) of the workpiece (2 ) is formed， as well as a coating device that carries out such a method.