Frits or frit mixtures with pearlescent pigments for materials, such as ceramic glazes, which are stable above 1000 C.

A diffractive pigment includes diffractive pigment, includes a stack including alternating layers of a high refractive index layer and a low refractive index layer, in which the high refractive index layer is a composition including an organic material and high refractive index inorganic nanoparticles; in which at least one layer of the stack is embossed. A method of making a diffractive pigment is also disclosed.

A process for the production of flake-form, crystalline particles having an aurivillius structure, the use thereof as effect pigments or as substrates of effect pigments, furthermore, effect pigments which contain coated or uncoated flake-form, crystalline particles having an aurivillius structure as substrates, and the use thereof in various products.

Pearlescent pigments with a superior flip flop effect which are based on defined Al.sub.2O.sub.3 flakes and the use thereof in paints, industrial coatings, automotive coatings, printing inks, cosmetic formulations and in particular as transparent substrate for effect pigments.

This invention involves a coated flaky metal effect pigment comprising a metal effect flake as substrate coated by the following consecutive coating sequences: a) optionally a discontinuous or a continuous layer of Mo-oxide, b1) an inorganic metal oxide layer comprising mainly SiO.sub.2, c1) a hybrid layer comprising SiO.sub.2 modified by a diphenyl silane, a phenylsilane or mixtures thereof or c2) a hybrid layer comprising SiO.sub.2 modified by a diphenyl silane, a phenylsilane or mixtures thereof, b2) an inorganic metal oxide layer comprising mainly SiO.sub.2, and d) optionally a further top-coat of organofunctional silanes, titanates, aluminates or zirconates.

A new material efficiently attenuating transmission of near-infrared light is provided. A provided near-infrared-shielding material includes a plurality of flaky particles, wherein each of the plurality of flaky particles includes a flaky substrate and a single-layer film formed on a principal surface of the flaky substrate, and the near-infrared-shielding material has a light reflectance of 40% or more between wavelengths of 800 nm and 1400 nm. The flaky substrate is, for example, a glass flake. The glass flake has an average thickness of, for example, 0.6 m or less. The single-layer film includes, for example, titanium oxide and has an average thickness of, for example, 80 nm to 165 nm.

The present invention relates to a pigment mixture based on spherical particles having a defined particle-size distribution, and to the use thereof in paints, coatings, printing inks, security printing inks, plastics, ceramic materials, glasses, in cosmetic formulations, as tracer, as filler and for the preparation of pigment preparations and dry preparations.