Glass flakes comprising first glass flake substrates and second glass flake substrates, wherein the glass flakes satisfy at least either of the following conditions and: an average thickness of the first glass flake substrates is 0.05 to 2 μm, an average thickness of the second glass flake substrates is 2 to 20 μm, and the average thickness of the second glass flake substrates is 3 or more times greater than the average thickness of the first glass flake substrates; and a thickness D1 representing a modal value of a thickness distribution (on a number basis) of the first glass flake substrate is 0.03 to 2.5 μm, a thickness D2 representing a modal value of a thickness distribution (on a number basis) of the second glass flake substrates is 1.5 to 25 μm, and the thickness D2 is 2 or more times greater than the thickness D1, characterized in that at least a portion of a surface of at least either of the first glass flake substrates or the second glass flake substrates is covered by a coating comprising a binder component selected from organic binder components which include methylcellulose, carboxymethyl cellulose, starch, carboxymethyl starch, hydroxyethyl cellulose, hydroxypropyl cellulose, polyvinyl alcohol, acrylic resins, epoxy resins, phenolic resins, vinyl acetate, and urethane resins and/or inorganic binder components which include liquid glass, colloidal silica, and colloidal alumina. the glass flakes satisfy at least either of the following conditions and: an average thickness of the first glass flake substrates is 0.05 to 2 μm, an average thickness of the second glass flake substrates is 2 to 20 μm, and the average thickness of the second glass flake substrates is 3 or more times greater than the average thickness of the first glass flake substrates; and a thickness D1 representing a modal value of a thickness distribution (on a number basis) of the first glass flake substrate is 0.03 to 2.5 μm, a thickness D2 representing a modal value of a thickness distribution (on a number basis) of the second glass flake substrates is 1.5 to 25 μm, and the thickness D2 is 2 or more times greater than the thickness D1, characterized in that an average thickness of the first glass flake substrates is 0.05 to 2 μm, an average thickness of the second glass flake substrates is 2 to 20 μm, and the average thickness of the second glass flake substrates is 3 or more times greater than the average thickness of the first glass flake substrates; and a thickness D1 representing a modal value of a thickness distribution (on a number basis) of the first glass flake substrate is 0.03 to 2.5 μm, a thickness D2 representing a modal value of a thickness distribution (on a number basis) of the second glass flake substrates is 1.5 to 25 μm, and the thickness D2 is 2 or more times greater than the thickness D1, at least a portion of a surface of at least either of the first glass flake substrates or the second glass flake substrates is covered by a coating comprising a binder component selected from organic binder components which include methylcellulose, carboxymethyl cellulose, starch, carboxymethyl starch, hydroxyethyl cellulose, hydroxypropyl cellulose, polyvinyl alcohol, acrylic resins, epoxy resins, phenolic resins, vinyl acetate, and urethane resins and/or inorganic binder components which include liquid glass, colloidal silica, and colloidal alumina.