摘要 |
The invention relates to an optically variable element, in particular a security element, having a transparent carrier layer (5), a reflection layer (6), which is at least partially transparent and is formed on the carrier layer (5), and a transparent embedding layer (7), which is formed on the reflection layer (6), wherein the reflection layer (6) is structured in a motif region such that a multiplicity of partially transparent micromirrors (8) are formed, which, when the motif region is viewed directly from above, show a perceivable motif owing to the specular reflection of incident light, and wherein the refractive indices of the carrier layer (5) and the embedding layer (7) in the visible spectrum do not differ by more than 0.2 so that the motif, which is perceivable when viewed directly from above, cannot be seen when the motif region is viewed in transmitted view. |