Process for identifying an interference pigment in a coating, including at least the following steps: - illuminating the coating applied to a surface with light at a first illumination angle (θ inc1) relative to the normal to the surface, - recording a first image of the coating applied to the surface with light at a first aspecular measuring angle (θ as1), measured in relation to the Bragg angle (θ spec1) assigned to the first illumination angle (θ inc1), - illuminating the coating applied to the surface at at least one second illumination angle (θ inc2), different from the first, relative to the normal to the surface, - recording at least one second image of the coating applied to the surface at the first aspecular measurement angle (θ as1), measured in relation to the Bragg angle (θ spec2) assigned to the at least one second illumination angle (θ inc2), - detecting an individual interference pigment within the first image and the at least one second image by way of a spatially resolved analysis of the images, wherein the interference pigment in the coating is aligned in relation to the surface in such a way that it reflects specularly in the direction of the first aspecular measurement angle, with the result that the interference pigment is visible in the first and the at least one second image, - spectrally analysing and evaluating the first image and the at least one second image, comprising a derivation of a respective reflection spectrum of the individual interference pigment for the first and the at least one second image, wherein a spectral variation of the reflection of the individual interference pigment is evaluated while varying the illumination angle under the unchanging first aspecular measurement angle (θ as1), - identifying the interference pigment on the basis of the spatial and spectral analysis and evaluation of the first image and the at least one second image, the first and the at least one second illumination angle (θ inc1, θ inc2) and the first aspecular measurement angle (θ as1), by comparing the first aspecular measurement angle (θ as1) with respective aspecular measurement angles which are stored in a database, characteristic for respective interference pigments and assigned to the respective interference pigments, and by comparing the spectral variation of the reflection of the interference pigment at the different illumination angles with respective variations of the specular reflection at the different illumination angles, said variations being stored in the database and assigned to respective interference pigments. - illuminating the coating applied to a surface with light at a first illumination angle (θ inc1) relative to the normal to the surface, - recording a first image of the coating applied to the surface with light at a first aspecular measuring angle (θ as1), measured in relation to the Bragg angle (θ spec1) assigned to the first illumination angle (θ inc1), - illuminating the coating applied to the surface at at least one second illumination angle (θ inc2), different from the first, relative to the normal to the surface, - recording at least one second image of the coating applied to the surface at the first aspecular measurement angle (θ as1), measured in relation to the Bragg angle (θ spec2) assigned to the at least one second illumination angle (θ inc2), - detecting an individual interference pigment within the first image and the at least one second image by way of a spatially resolved analysis of the images, wherein the interference pigment in the coating is aligned in relation to the surface in such a way that it reflects specularly in the direction of the first aspecular measurement angle, with the result that the interference pigment is visible in the first and the at least one second image, - spectrally analysing and evaluating the first image and the at least one second image, comprising a derivation of a respective reflection spectrum of the individual interference pigment for the first and the at least one second image, wherein a spectral variation of the reflection of the individual interference pigment is evaluated while varying the illumination angle under the unchanging first aspecular measurement angle (θ as1), - identifying the interference pigment on the basis of the spatial and spectral analysis and evaluation of the first image and the at least one second image, the first and the at least one second illumination angle (θ inc1, θ inc2) and the first aspecular measurement angle (θ as1), by comparing the first aspecular measurement angle (θ as1) with respective aspecular measurement angles which are stored in a database, characteristic for respective interference pigments and assigned to the respective interference pigments, and by comparing the spectral variation of the reflection of the interference pigment at the different illumination angles with respective variations of the specular reflection at the different illumination angles, said variations being stored in the database and assigned to respective interference pigments.