Patent ID: 8900708

Claim:
A resin-coated metal pigment, wherein a proportion between (A) the number of particles contained in aggregates formed from two or more primary particles and (B) the number of primary particles which are not aggregated, B/(A+B), in the resin-coated metal pigment, is 0.3 to 1, wherein the metal pigment is a scaly aluminum pigment, and wherein a measured value of the 60-degree gloss of a coated plate obtained by applying a paint containing said resin-coated metal pigment to an acrylic resin plate is represented by G′; a measured value of the 60-degree gloss of a coated plate similarly prepared using an aluminum powder that is not coated with a resin is represented by G; and a gloss retention R is determined by the following formula: R=(G′/G)×100; and the gloss retention R is 70 or more.