A clear, sprayable hair treatment agent in which pigments are suspended, containing in a cosmetically acceptable carrier a) from 0.001 to 15 % by weight of at least one polymer that has a thickening action and is different from b) b) from 0.001 to 15 % by weight of at least one acrylic terpolymer composed of - from 5 to 80 % of an acrylic monomer A selected from C 1 -C 6 alkyl acrylates and C 1 -C 6 alkyl methacrylates, from 5 to 80 % of a monomer B selected from vinyl-substituted heterocycles containing at least one nitrogen or sulfur atom, (meth)acrylamide, mono- or di-C 1-4 -alkyl(meth)acrylates and mono- or di-C 1-4 -alkylamino-C 1-4 -alkyl-(meth)-acrylamides, monomer B being N,N-dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate, N,N-diethylaminoethyl acrylate, N,N-diethylaminoethyl methacrylate, N,t-butylaminoethyl acrylate, N,t-butylaminoethyl methacrylate, N,N-dimethylaminopropyl acrylamide, N,N-dimethylaminopropyl methacrylamide, N,N-diethylaminopropyl acrylamide or N, N-diethylaminopropyl methacrylamide, and - from 0.1 to 30 % of a monomer C selected from - an ethylenically unsaturated, copolymerizable surface-active monomer obtainable by condensing a non-ionic surfactant with an α,β-ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid or the anhydride thereof, and - a surface-active monomer selected from the urea reaction product of a monoethylenically unsaturated monoisocyanate and a non-ionic surfactant having an amine functionality, characterized in that said agent has a viscosity of from 100 to 600 mPa, measured at 20 °C using a Brookfield RVDVII+ viscometer at 20 UpM with spindle 3). a) from 0.001 to 15 % by weight of at least one polymer that has a thickening action and is different from b) b) from 0.001 to 15 % by weight of at least one acrylic terpolymer composed of - from 5 to 80 % of an acrylic monomer A selected from C 1 -C 6 alkyl acrylates and C 1 -C 6 alkyl methacrylates, from 5 to 80 % of a monomer B selected from vinyl-substituted heterocycles containing at least one nitrogen or sulfur atom, (meth)acrylamide, mono- or di-C 1-4 -alkyl(meth)acrylates and mono- or di-C 1-4 -alkylamino-C 1-4 -alkyl-(meth)-acrylamides, monomer B being N,N-dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate, N,N-diethylaminoethyl acrylate, N,N-diethylaminoethyl methacrylate, N,t-butylaminoethyl acrylate, N,t-butylaminoethyl methacrylate, N,N-dimethylaminopropyl acrylamide, N,N-dimethylaminopropyl methacrylamide, N,N-diethylaminopropyl acrylamide or N, N-diethylaminopropyl methacrylamide, and - from 0.1 to 30 % of a monomer C selected from - an ethylenically unsaturated, copolymerizable surface-active monomer obtainable by condensing a non-ionic surfactant with an α,β-ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid or the anhydride thereof, and - a surface-active monomer selected from the urea reaction product of a monoethylenically unsaturated monoisocyanate and a non-ionic surfactant having an amine functionality, - from 5 to 80 % of an acrylic monomer A selected from C 1 -C 6 alkyl acrylates and C 1 -C 6 alkyl methacrylates, from 5 to 80 % of a monomer B selected from vinyl-substituted heterocycles containing at least one nitrogen or sulfur atom, (meth)acrylamide, mono- or di-C 1-4 -alkyl(meth)acrylates and mono- or di-C 1-4 -alkylamino-C 1-4 -alkyl-(meth)-acrylamides, monomer B being N,N-dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate, N,N-diethylaminoethyl acrylate, N,N-diethylaminoethyl methacrylate, N,t-butylaminoethyl acrylate, N,t-butylaminoethyl methacrylate, N,N-dimethylaminopropyl acrylamide, N,N-dimethylaminopropyl methacrylamide, N,N-diethylaminopropyl acrylamide or N, N-diethylaminopropyl methacrylamide, and - from 0.1 to 30 % of a monomer C selected from - an ethylenically unsaturated, copolymerizable surface-active monomer obtainable by condensing a non-ionic surfactant with an α,β-ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid or the anhydride thereof, and - a surface-active monomer selected from the urea reaction product of a monoethylenically unsaturated monoisocyanate and a non-ionic surfactant having an amine functionality, - an ethylenically unsaturated, copolymerizable surface-active monomer obtainable by condensing a non-ionic surfactant with an α,β-ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid or the anhydride thereof, and - a surface-active monomer selected from the urea reaction product of a monoethylenically unsaturated monoisocyanate and a non-ionic surfactant having an amine functionality,