Metallic gloss pigments based on coated aluminum substrate plates, where the aluminum substrate plates have a thickness of 1 to 50 nm, preferably 1 to 30 nm, are monolithic in structure and have, if any, been passivated, and coated by at least one coating B constituted of at least one high-refractive metal oxide having a high refractive index of at least 1.9, wherein the coating B has a thickness of at least 50 nm and is constituted, Essentially, a metal oxide of high refractive index, selected at least one of iron oxide (III), chromium oxide (III), vanadium oxide (V), titanium oxide (III), titanium dioxide and / or zirconium oxide, and where between the surface of the aluminum substrate plates and the coating B there is at least one additional coating A that covers the substrate plates and is constituted at least of a metal oxide having a Maximum refractive index of 1.8, selected from the group consisting of SiO2, B2O3, MnO2, MgO, GeO2 and Al2O3, where the substrate plates have a C coating, different from the underlying B coating, of at least one metal oxyhydrate selected from silicon dioxide, silicon oxyhydrate, aluminum oxide, aluminum oxyhydrate, zinc oxide, tin oxide, titanium dioxide, zirconium oxide, iron oxide (III) or chromium oxide (III).Pigmentos de brillo metálico a base de plaquitas de sustrato de aluminio recubiertas, en donde las plaquitas de sustrato de aluminio tienen un grosor de 1 a 50 nm, preferentemente de 1 a 30 nm, son de estructura monolítica y han sido, eventualmente, pasivadas, y revestidas por al menos de un recubrimiento B constituido de al menos un óxido metálico de alta refracción que tiene un elevado índice de refracción de al menos 1,9, en donde el recubrimiento B tiene un grosor de al menos 50 nm y está constituido, en lo esencial, de un óxido metálico de alta índice de refracción, seleccionado al menos uno de óxido de hierro (III), óxido de cromo (III), óxido de vanadio (V), óxido de titanio (III), dióxido de titanio y/u óxido de ci