The invention relates to a preparation method of a perylene pigment. According to the method, the reaction temperature between the organic solvent and solute is firstly preheated at 40-60 DEG C, and the samples are thoroughly mixed and react completely, thereby lowering the temperature increase speed, reducing the aggregation, being beneficial to crystallization, facilitating cleaning and saving the cleaning cost. When the temperature is higher than 70 DEG C, the reaction quickly happens, thereby not being beneficial to the sufficient reaction of the reactants, causing many unreacted substances, not being beneficial to forming crystals with uniform size, and aggravating aggregation; and the prepared product has coarse and large particles, and the aggregation phenomenon is not beneficial to impurity cleaning. The preparation method provided by the invention omits the ball milling after-treatment, and thus, is environment-friendly and economical. The prepared perylene pigment has the advantages of uniform crystal grains, favorable dispersity and high covering power, and thus, can be directly used in paints conveniently.