PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a silky lustrous pigment which develops deep, harmonized, wholly bright and dense brightness such as that of natural pearl.SOLUTION: This silky lustrous pigment is obtained by coating a metal oxide with synthetic phlogopite fluoride particles having an average particle thickness of <0.2 &mum, a particle thickness standard deviation of &le0.04 and an average particle diameter of 3 to 20 &mum.COPYRIGHT: (C)2002,JPO【課題】 天然の真珠のような深みのある落ち着いた全体的に輝くような緻密な輝きを発現するシルキー光沢顔料を提供する。【解決手段】平均粒子厚みが0.2μm未満、粒子厚みの標準偏差が0.04以下、平均粒子径が3~20μmである合成フッ素金雲母粒子に金属酸化物を被覆したシルキー光沢顔料。