Provide a weather-resistant pearlescent
pigment that passes the enhanced
weather resistance test procedure, without significant change in the
interference color and without significant gloss degradation compared to the initial pearlescent
pigment without top
coating. 【Solution】A weather-resistant pearlescent
pigment having a basic pearlescent luster with an
interference color, comprising a transparent small plate-shaped substrate and at least one
metal oxide layer with a
refractive index exceeding 1.8, and having a weather-resistant top
coating with at least one
metal oxide and an organic functional
surface modification on top of this basic pearlescent pigment. (a) For the basic pearlescent pigment, the weather-resistant top
coating consists of a
rare earth metal M from the group consisting of Y, La, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, Lu, and mixtures thereof 1 of a first metal
oxide, and (b) for the basic pearlescent pigment having a
colored interference color or a silver interference color, the weather-resistant top coating contains a
rare earth metal M from the group consisting of Y, La, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, Lu, and mixtures thereof 1 of a first metal oxide, and a second metal oxide from a second metal M2 is selected from the group consisting of Si, Al, Zn, Mg, Zr, Sn, and mixtures or combinations thereof. In each case of (a) or (b), the organic functional
surface modification includes an organic functional
silane or a water-based precondensed organic functional
silane.