Abstract: Disclosed are yellowing-stable, silver-white effect pigments having high whiteness based on synthetic mica flakes and to the use thereof in paints, lacquers, printing inks, plastics, button pastes, ceramic materials, glasses, for coloring seed, as dopant in laser markings of plastics and papers, as additive for laser welding of plastics, as additive for coloring in the foods and pharmaceuticals sectors and in cosmetic formulations, and for the preparation of pigment compositions and dry preparations.

Abstract: The present invention relates to intensely coloured and light-stable effect pigments based on transparent, undoped SiO2 flakes, which are distinguished by the fact that they are covered with an iron-oxide layer having a thickness of 30-150 nm, and all SiO2 flakes have an identical thickness, and the thickness of the SiO2 flakes is 250-400 nm, and to the use thereof in pigment mixtures, in cosmetic formulations and for colouring foods and pharmaceutical products.

Abstract: Disclosed are yellowing-stable, silver-white effect pigments having high whiteness based on synthetic mica flakes and to the use thereof in paints, lacquers, printing inks, plastics, button pastes, ceramic materials, glasses, for coloring seed, as dopant in laser markings of plastics and papers, as additive for laser welding of plastics, as additive for coloring in the foods and pharmaceuticals sectors and in cosmetic formulations, and for the preparation of pigment compositions and dry preparations.

Abstract: The present invention relates to semitransparent interference pigments having a neutral mass tone comprising a substrate and a coating comprising metallic tin and additionally at least one metal oxide, to a process for the preparation of these pigments, and to the use thereof.

Abstract: Disclosed are yellowing-stable, silver-white effect pigments having high whiteness based on synthetic mica flakes and to the use thereof in paints, lacquers, printing inks, plastics, button pastes, ceramic materials, glasses, for coloring seed, as dopant in laser markings of plastics and papers, as additive for laser welding of plastics, as additive for coloring in the foods and pharmaceuticals sectors and in cosmetic formulations, and for the preparation of pigment compositions and dry preparations.

Abstract: The invention relates to an interference pigment with a high covering power, comprising at least one FeTiO3-containing layer, which is applied to a lamellar inorganic substrate and whose thickness and absorbing power can be precisely set. The invention also relates to a method for producing this interference pigment and to the use thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates to intensely coloured and light-stable effect pigments based on transparent, undoped SiO2 flakes, which are distinguished by the fact that they are covered with an iron-oxide layer having a thickness of 30-150 nm, and all SiO2 flakes have an identical thickness, and the thickness of the SiO2 flakes is 250-400 nm, and to the use thereof in pigment mixtures, in cosmetic formulations and for colouring foods and pharmaceutical products.

Abstract: The present invention relates to semitransparent interference pigments having a neutral mass tone comprising a substrate and a coating comprising metallic tin and additionally at least one metal oxide, to a process for the preparation of these pigments, and to the use thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a mixture of interference pigments, where the mixture comprises at least one interference pigment A comprising a substrate and a coating comprising metallic iron, and an interference pigment B comprising a substrate and a coating comprising metallic tin and in addition at least one metal oxide, to the use thereof in cosmetics, surface coatings, inks, plastics, films, in security printing, in security features in documents and identity papers, for colouring seed, for colouring foods, for laser marking or in medicament coatings and for the preparation of pigment compositions and dry preparations, and to cosmetics, surface coatings, inks, plastics, films, documents and identity papers, seed, foods or medicament coatings, pigment compositions and dry preparations comprising the mixture according to the invention.

Abstract: Disclosed are transparent conductive pigments of flake-form substrates coated with a conductive layer, where the number-weighted mean particle area F50 of the transparent conductive pigments is greater than or equal to 150 ?m2, and processes for the production of the pigments, and the use thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates to pigments comprising a substrate and, applied thereto, an iron-containing coating comprising metallic iron, process for the preparation of the pigments according to the invention, and the use thereof.

Abstract: Disclosed are yellowing-stable, silver-white effect pigments having high whiteness based on synthetic mica flakes and to the use thereof in paints, lacquers, printing inks, plastics, button pastes, ceramic materials, glasses, for coloring seed, as dopant in laser markings of plastics and papers, as additive for laser welding of plastics, as additive for coloring in the foods and pharmaceuticals sectors and in cosmetic formulations, and for the preparation of pigment compositions and dry preparations.

Abstract: Effect pigments having improved optical properties based on SiO2 flakes coated with one or more layers, where the SiO2 flakes have a thickness of from 50 nm to 150 nm; processes for the preparation thereof; and use of these pigments in cosmetics, paints, coatings, plastics, films, in security printing, in security features in documents and identity cards, for coloring seed, for coloring foods or in medicament coatings and for the preparation of pigment compositions and dry preparations; are disclosed.

Abstract: Laser-markable pigments which are distinguished by the fact that an absorber is coated with a marker and optionally with a diffusion barrier are described. Further, processes for the preparation of the laser-markable pigments and methods for using them are described. The absorber is preferably an inorganic pigment or a filler. The marker is preferably an intrinsically laser-markable polymer, particularly a polyethylene terephthalate, acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene, polystyrene, polyphenylene ether, liquid-crystal polymer or polyphenylene sulfide.

Abstract: The invention relates to an interference pigment with a high covering power, comprising at least one FeTiO3-containing layer, which is applied to a lamellar inorganic substrate and whose thickness and absorbing power can be precisely set. The invention also relates to a method for producing this interference pigment and to the use thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates to effect pigments having a color flop comprising metal oxide-coated SiO2 flakes having a uniform layer thickness, where the color flop runs through all four quadrants of the a,b color coordinate system (CIELAB L,a,b system). The present invention likewise relates to processes for the preparation of these pigments in which SiO2 flakes having a uniform layer thickness are coated with metal oxides, and to the use of these pigments in cosmetics, paints, coatings, plastics, films, in security printing, in security features in documents and identity papers, for coloring seed, for coloring foods or in medicament coatings and for the preparation of pigment compositions and dry preparations.

Abstract: The present invention relates to intensely colored red effect pigments comprising iron oxide-coated SiO2 flakes, where the total thickness of the effect pigments is not greater than 500 nm (+/?30 nm). The present invention likewise relates to processes for the preparation of these pigments in which SiO2 flakes are coated with iron oxide, where the thicknesses of the SiO2 flakes and of the iron-oxide layers are selected in such a way that the total thickness of the red effect pigments is not greater than 500 nm (+/?30 nm), and to the use of these pigments in cosmetics, paints, coatings, plastics, films, in security printing, in security features in documents and identity papers, for coloring seed, for coloring foods or in medicament coatings and for the preparation of pigment compositions and dry preparations.

Abstract: The present invention relates to intensely colored red effect pigments comprising iron oxide-coated SiO2 flakes, where the total thickness of the effect pigments is not greater than 500 nm (+/?30 nm). The present invention likewise relates to processes for the preparation of these pigments in which SiO2 flakes are coated with iron oxide, where the thicknesses of the SiO2 flakes and of the iron-oxide layers are selected in such a way that the total thickness of the red effect pigments is not greater than 500 nm (+/?30 nm), and to the use of these pigments in cosmetics, paints, coatings, plastics, films, in security printing, in security features in documents and identity papers, for coloring seed, for coloring foods or in medicament coatings and for the preparation of pigment compositions and dry preparations.

Abstract: The invention relates to flake-form effect pigments, characterised in that they consist of transparent or semitransparent materials and have a groove or grid structure, to processes for the production thereof, and to the use thereof.

Abstract: The invention relates to multilayered luster pigments based on metallic substrates, which are completely surrounded by a plurality of layers, where these layers comprise at least one layer pack (A) having a colorless dielectric layer of a material with a refractive index n of ?1.8, and a colorless dielectric layer of a material with a refractive index n of >1.8, and a selectively or non-selectively absorbent layer (B), and to a process for their production, and to their use.