Patent ID: 8603615

Claim:
A multilayer security element comprising a first, transparent layer structure having first, translucent sub-regions, the first sub-regions exhibiting diffraction patterns and a translucent metallization, the translucent metallization being present on the diffraction patterns, and a second, opaque layer structure exhibiting a color-shift effect and having second, transparent sub-regions, wherein the second layer structure is a thin-film structure that comprises an opaque reflector layer and further layers, and wherein the second sub-regions are gaps in the reflector layer, wherein the first layer structure and the second layer structure are stacked on top of one another such that the first, translucent sub-regions of the first layer structure and the second, transparent sub-regions of the second layer structure partially overlap, and wherein the further layers of the thin-film structure lie between the opaque reflector layer and the first layer structure.