Pigment and process for producing the same.

摘要

A pigment, a production process therefor, a process for improving its weather resistance, and a metallic paint made therefrom. The pigment includes a transparent or semi-transparent scaly substrate (100), a TiO2 layer (101) coated on an entire surface of the substrate, light absorbing portions (102) formed on a surface of the TiO2 layer in a scattering manner and including low order oxides of titanium, and glossy portions (103) formed on a surface of the TiO2 layer in a scattering manner and having a metallic glossy effect. The pigment produces a metallic glossy effect resulting from the glossy portions, strong interference colors resulting from the TiO2 layer and substance colors resulting from the light absorbing portions, and it exhibits a great covering power. The pigment can be obtained by a sputtering process carried out onto a conventional pearl mica pigment, and its weather resistance can be improved by repeatedly coating chromium (III) hydroxide on a conventional pearl mica pigment before and after the sputtering. The metallic paint made using the pigment is suitable for an automobile top coat paint. <IMAGE>