A safety device designed to be provided in or on a substrate or in or on one or more
layers applied to the substrate, comprising: a. a
surface relief structure and b. a
coating, wherein i. the
surface relief structure is filled with the
coating to form a flat surface, and wherein the
coating has a
refractive index greater than the
refractive index of the
surface relief structure, or ii. the coating forms all or part of the surface relief structure, wherein the surface relief structure of the coating is filled with one or more transparent
lacquer layers to form a flat surface, wherein, for each alternative, the coating comprises particles of at least one
metal oxide dispersed in a transparent
lacquer, wherein the coating comprises 1 to 60 wt.-%
metal oxide comprises, wherein the particles have a primary
crystallite size of 1 to 100 nm, and wherein the concentration of the particles in the coating is high enough to induce a
refractive index shift, so that the optical effect of the surface relief structure remains essentially unaffected or is even enhanced.