Weather resistant pearlescent
pigment comprising a basic pearlescent
pigment which comprises a transparent substrate and at least one
metal oxide layer with a
refractive index > 1.8 and thereon a weather stabilizing top
coating which comprises a first and a second
metal oxide followed by an organofunctional
surface modification layer, wherein in variant a) the weather stabilizing top
coating comprises a first
metal oxide,
metal hydroxide or oxide
hydrate of Zn followed by a second metal oxide,
metal hydroxide or oxide
hydrate of Si, Zr or Al or mixtures thereof or in variant b) the weather stabilizing top
coating consists of a mixture of the first metal oxide,
metal hydroxide or oxide
hydrate of Zn and the second metal oxide, metal
hydroxide or oxide hydrate of Si, Al and / or Zr and wherein in variant a) or b) the carbon content of the weather stabilizing top coating is less than 0.50 wt.%, based on the total weight of the weather resistant pearlescent
pigment.