A combination of: a substrate (1) made of
aluminium, an
aluminium alloy, steel, chrome-plated steel or stainless steel and a color-imparting layer
system on at least one surface of the substrate (1), wherein the color-imparting layer
system comprises: - an
adhesive layer (2) with a
layer thickness of 2 to 30 nm made of metallic
chromium,
molybdenum,
tungsten,
platinum,
aluminium,
titanium,
zirconium,
nickel or an
alloy of two or more of these elements, which is applied to at least one surface of the substrate (1) by means of a PVD process, - a color-imparting layer (3) of
copper,
titanium, stainless steel, a Cu-Zn
alloy, a Cu-Sn alloy, a Ni-Cu-Sn alloy, a non-ferromagnetic
nickel alloy, CrN x , where 0.5 ≤ x ≤ 1.0, provided that the color-giving layer (3) is only made of CrN x is formed when the layer (4) described below is present, CrO y , where 0 < y < 1.5, as
cermet, (Al n Cr 1-n )N x , where 0 < n < 1 and 0.5 ≤ x ≤ 1.0, or (Al n Cr 1-n )N x C z , where 0 < n < 1; 0 < x < 1.5; 0 < z < 1.0 and 0.5 < (x + z) < 1.5, which is applied to the
adhesive layer (2) by means of a PVD process, - optionally an additional color-imparting layer (4) made of CrN x O y , where 0 < x < 1.0, 0 < y < 1.5 and 0.5 < y + x < 1.5, , (Al n Cr 1-n )N x , where 0 < n < 1 and 0.5 ≤ x ≤ 1.0, (Al n Cr 1-n )N x C z , where 0 < n < 1; 0 < x < 1.5; 0 < z < 1.0 and 0.5 < (x + z) < 1.5, TiO r N t , where 0 < r < 2 and 0 < t ≤ 1,
titanium aluminum
nitride or ZrO r N t, where 0 < r < 2 and 0 < t ≤ 1, which is applied to layer (3) by means of a PVD process, with the proviso that if layer (3) and (4) are made of (Al n Cr 1-n )N x or (Al n Cr 1-n )N x C z are formed, the ratio of Cr to Al of layer (4) differs from the ratio of Cr to Al of layer (3), and - a
dielectric protective and
adhesive layer (5) of Cr2O3, ZrO2, ZrO2 in which up to 20% of the Zr is replaced by Si or Ta, SiO2, SiO2 in which up to 20% of the Si is replaced by Al, Al2O3, Si3N4 or Nb2O5, which is applied to layer (3) or layer (4) by means of a PVD process or by means of a PECVD process, wherein
layers (2), (3) and (5) and the optional layer (4) form the color-imparting layer
system, where the
total thickness of the color-imparting layer system is 400 nm or less.