The invention relates to a weather-resistant pearlescent
pigment having a base pearlescent and an
interference color, comprising a transparent
platelet-like substrate and at least one
pigment having gt; the present invention relates to a pearlescent
pigment composition comprising a base pearlescent pigment, a
metal oxide layer having a
refractive index of 1.8, and a weather-resistant top
coating on top of the base pearlescent pigment, the weather-resistant top
coating comprising at least one
metal oxide and an organic functional
surface modification, the weather-resistant top
coating consists of a first
metal oxide of a
rare earth metal M1 selected from the group consisting of Y, La, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, Lu and mixtures thereof, or b) the weather-resistant top coating comprises a first metal oxide of a
rare earth metal M1 selected from the group consisting of Y, La, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, Lu and mixtures thereof for a base pearlescent pigment having a
colored interference color or a silver
interference color, and a second metal oxide of a second metal M2 selected from the group consisting of Si, Al, Zn, Mg, Zr, Sn, and mixtures or combinations thereof, and in each of a) or b), the organofunctional
surface modification comprises an organofunctional
silane or a water-based precondensed organofunctional
silane.