Weather stable pearlescent
pigment having a basic pearlescent with an
interference color which comprises a transparent
platelet-shaped substrate and at least one
metal oxide layer with a
refractive index >1.8 and on top of this basic pearlescent
pigment a weather stabilizing top
coating comprising at least one
metal oxide and an organofunctional
surface modification, wherein a) for a basic pearlescent
pigment with silvery
interference color the weather stabilizing top
coating consists of a first
metal oxide of a
rare earth metal M1 from the group consisting of Y, La, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, Lu and mixtures thereof, or b) for a basic pearlescent pigment with a
colored interference color or a silvery interference color the weather stabilizing top
coating comprises a first metal oxide of a
rare earth metal M1 from the group consisting of Y, La, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, Lu and mixtures thereof, and a second metal oxide from a second metal M2 from the group consisting of Si, Al, Zn, Mg, Zr, Sn and mixtures or combinations thereof, and in each case a) or b) the organofunctional
surface modification comprises organofunctional
silanes or water-based pre-condensated organofunctional
silanes.