The invention relates to a method for production of an aqueous dispersion of polymer-encapsulated pigments, characterised in that (a) an aqueous pigment dispersion, containing at least one organic pigment (P), selected from the group of azo, isoindolinone, isoindoline, anthanthrone, thioindigo, thiazinindigo, triarylcarbonium, quinophthalone, anthraquinone, dioxazine, phthalocyanine, quinacridone, quinacridonquinone, indanthrone, perylene, perinone, pyranthrone, diketopyrrolopyrrole, isoviolanthrone and azomethine pigments, at least one detergent (T), and water is prepared, (b) a monomer miniemulsion, stabilised by a hydrophobic organic compound with a water solubility at 20 DEG C of at most 5x10<-5> g/l, is prepared from a polymerisable monomer (M) and at least one detergent (T) in water, (c) a monomer pigment emulsion is prepared, whereby the aqueous dispersion from (a) and the monomer miniemulsion from (b) are mixed and homogenised and (d) the pigment-containing monomer from (c) is polymerised in the presence of a polymerisation initiator and/or by heat, whereupon an encapsulation of the pigment with the polymer thus formed occurs.