Patent ID: 8440014

Claim:
A bright pigment comprising: flaky particles; and a metal oxide layer coating at least a part of a surface of each flaky particle, wherein: the flaky particles have a particle size distribution in which a particle size at 99% of a cumulative volume from a smaller particle size is 48 μm or less, and a maximum particle size is 62 μm or less; the flaky particles are made of a material having a refractive index in a range of 1.4 to 1.8; and the flaky particles have a thickness distribution in which a frequency of the particles having a thickness in a range of 0.8 μm to 1.9 μm is 90% or more by volume, or a frequency of the particles having a thickness in a range of 0.01 μm to 0.35 μm is 90% or more by volume.