The invention is directed to flaky silver pigments having a d50 in a range of 2.0 to 100.0 µm and an
aspect ratio of more than 25 which are coated at least partially with an additive component, wherein the additive component is: I) a
thiol represented by the general formula (Ia): A1-S-A2 or a
dithiol represented by the general formula (Ib): A1-S-S-A2, wherein A1 and A2 represent either an
alkyl having 1 to 8 C-atoms with A1=A2 or A1 and A2 independently represent a
moiety containing polar or polarizable functionalities selected from the group consisting of ester, carboxyl, amine, hydroxyl, benzyl, benzoic, furyl, furfuryl, pyrrolyl, pyridyl, pyrazolyl, pyrazonolyl, oxazolyl, isooxazolyl,
ether and combinations thereof and wherein the polar or polarizable functionalities are spaced apart from the sulphur atom or disulphur atoms by a maximum of 3 non-aromatic C-atoms and wherein the maximum total length of the
thiol or
dithiol involves a chain containing a maximum of 8 non-aromatic C-atoms and the maximum length difference of A1 and A2 is within 2 atoms of each other, or II) a
thiol represented by the general formula (IIa): HS-(CH(A3))x-(R1)y-A3 or represented by the general formula (IIb): HS-R4-CO-O-R5, wherein R1 is an alkylene having 1 to 6 C-atoms or a
phenylene, and wherein A3 is independently selected from the group consisting of NR2 2, OH, COOH, COOR3, N-
succinimide, and 1-amino 2-carboxylethyl, wherein integers x and y are either 0 or 1 and x + y = 1 or 2, and wherein R2 is independently selected from the group consisting of H, methyl, ethyl and propyl and wherein R3 is selected from the group consisting of H, methyl, ethyl or propyl, butyl, pentyl, hexyl, N-
succinimide and 2-aminoacetyl acid, and wherein R4 is
methylene or
ethylene, and wherein R5 is selected from the group consisting of an
alkyl having 1 to 6 C-atoms and N-
succinimide, and wherein the maximum total length of the thiols of formulas (IIa) or (IIb) involves a chain containing a maximum of 8 non-aromatic C-atoms, or III) an amine having an
ether function and no more than 8 non-aromatic C-atoms, and wherein the additive component can be one molecule or mixtures of two or more of any of the molecules represented by any of formulas (Ia), (Ib), (IIa), (IIb) and (III).