Patent ID: 7837781

Claim:
A pigment of empirical composition (TiO 2 ) a (ZnO) b (SnO) c (SnO 2 ) d (REO y ) e (AEO) f (MO) g wherein REO y is an oxide in which RE is a transition group 3 metal or a rare earth metal and y varies from 1 to 2, AEO is an oxide in which AE is an alkaline earth metal, and MO is an oxide of a metal M which is any other metal, where 0.8≦a≦3; 0.5≦b≦1.3; 0.5≦c≦1.3; 0≦d0.5; 0≦e0.3; 0≦f≦0.3; and 0≦g≦0.1, and e+f≧0.01.