Colored interference pigments having metallic luster, characterized in that the surface of highly anti-corrosive thin platelet-like metal pigments, - wherein the highly anti-corrosive thin platelet-like metal pigments comprise: on the surface of thin platelet-like metal substrates, - a layer formed by treating said surface with phosphoric acid compounds and/or boric acid compounds; and - a layer containing hydrated tin oxide as an outermost layer, - wherein the thin platelet-like metal substrates are metallic pigments having metallic luster and are of aluminum flakes, - is further coated with a secondary hydrated metal oxide layer comprising one or more layers, - wherein on the surface of the thin platelet-like metal substrates there are subsequently formed: a layer formed by treating said surface with phosphoric acid compounds and/or boric acid compounds; a hydrated metal oxide layer formed of one or more metals selected from the group consisting of silicon, aluminum, zirconium and titanium; and a layer containing hydrated tin oxide, - wherein the amount of phosphoric acid compounds and/or boric acid compounds used corresponds to 0.0001g - 0.1g as P 2 O 5 and/or B 2 O 3 per unit area of the surface (m 2) of the thin platelet-like metal substrates; the amount of metal compounds used for preparing a hydrated metal oxide coated layer corresponds to 0.01g - 1.0g as metal oxide per unit area of the surface (m 2) of the thin platelet-like metal substrates; and the amount of tin compounds used for preparing a hydrated tin oxide layer corresponds to 0.0008g - 1.0g as tin oxide (SnO 2) per unit area of the surface (m 2) of the thin platelet-like metal substrates, and - wherein the secondary hydrated metal oxide layer is a layer containing one or more hydrated metal oxides containing one or more hydrated metal oxides of one or more metals selected from the group consisting of titanium, aluminum, zirconium, tin, zinc, chromium, cobalt, silicon and boron. - wherein the highly anti-corrosive thin platelet-like metal pigments comprise: on the surface of thin platelet-like metal substrates, - a layer formed by treating said surface with phosphoric acid compounds and/or boric acid compounds; and - a layer containing hydrated tin oxide as an outermost layer, - a layer formed by treating said surface with phosphoric acid compounds and/or boric acid compounds; and - a layer containing hydrated tin oxide as an outermost layer, - wherein the thin platelet-like metal substrates are metallic pigments having metallic luster and are of aluminum flakes, - is further coated with a secondary hydrated metal oxide layer comprising one or more layers, - wherein on the surface of the thin platelet-like metal substrates there are subsequently formed: a layer formed by treating said surface with phosphoric acid compounds and/or boric acid compounds; a hydrated metal oxide layer formed of one or more metals selected from the group consisting of silicon, aluminum, zirconium and titanium; and a layer containing hydrated tin oxide, - wherein the amount of phosphoric acid compounds and/or boric acid compounds used corresponds to 0.0001g - 0.1g as P 2 O 5 and/or B 2 O 3 per unit area of the surface (m 2) of the thin platelet-like metal substrates; the amount of metal compounds used for preparing a hydrated metal oxide coated layer corresponds to 0.01g - 1.0g as metal oxide per unit area of the surface (m 2) of the thin platelet-like metal substrates; and the amount of tin compounds used for preparing a hydrated tin oxide layer corresponds to 0.0008g - 1.0g as tin oxide (SnO 2) per unit area of the surface (m 2) of the thin platelet-like metal substrates, and - wherein the secondary hydrated metal oxide layer is a layer containing one or more hydrated metal oxides containing one or more hydrated metal oxides of one or more metals selected from the group consisting of titanium, aluminum, zirconium, tin, zinc, chromium, cobalt, silicon and boron.