PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide polymer powder which is good in adhesiveness to skins and in spreadabilitty, is high in irregular color-covering power and in uneven skin-covering power, gives uniform and natural finishes, and little changes colors with the passage of time, and to provide a cosmetic.SOLUTION: This polymer powder encapsulating inorganic pigments is characterized in that the inorganic pigments comprise (A) a white inorganic pigment, (B) a red inorganic pigment, and (C) a yellow inorganic pigment in a (A):(B):(C) mass ratio of 70 to 99.0: 0.1 to 10: 0.1 to 20. The cosmetic contains the polymer powder.COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT【課題】肌上へのつき、のびが良く、色むらカバー力と肌の凹凸カバー力が高く、均一で自然な仕上がりで、さらに経時での色変化の少ないポリマー粉体及び化粧料を提供する。【解決手段】無機顔料を内包するポリマー粉体であって、(A)白色無機顔料、(B)赤色無機顔料、及び(C)黄色無機顔料を含み、(A):(B):(C)の質量割合が70~99:0.1~10:0.1~20であるポリマー粉体、並びに当該ポリマー粉体を含有する化粧料。【選択図】なし