Sunscreen multilayer particle

A multilayer UV filter particle, comprising:

• an odd number of alternating layers of high and low refractive index materials,
• wherein each layer has a refractive index that differs from that of adjacent layers by at least 0.2, the total number of layers is at least 9, and the particle does not contain a substrate,
• wherein the high refractive index material has a refractive index of larger than 1.7 and less than 5.0, the low refractive index material has a refractive index of lower than 1.65, and the high and low refractive index materials are metal oxides, and
• wherein the thickness of each of the layers of the high refractive index material ranges from 3 to 100 nm and the thickness of each of the layers of the low refractive index material ranges from 10 to 150 nm.