Pigment preparations of pasty or gellike consistency

Pigment preparation for colouring lime-bound and/or cement-bound building materials, asphalt, paints, varnishes, paper or plastics, comprising:

• one or more organic pigments comprising azo, quinacridone, phthalocyanine and perylene pigments and indigoids or mixtures thereof and/or
• one or more inorganic pigments comprising iron oxide, titanium dioxide, chromium oxide, zinc oxide and rutile mixed-phase pigments and carbon black (carbon pigments) or mixtures thereof
• are dispersed in a liquid;
• wherein
• the pigment preparation has a pigment content of at least 15% by weight based on the pigment preparation and
• at least one thickener and/or at least one thickener in combination with one or more compounds which together increase firmness is added in a total amount from 0.001 to 10% by weight based on the pigment preparation;
• the pigment preparation:
• being of pasty or gellike consistency;
• and
• not tending towards phase separation.