Copper phthalocyanine pigment

A copper phthalocyanine pigment which is not platelet-shaped, wherein at least 95 percent of the pigment particles have a particle size in the range from 0.1 micrometers to 9 micrometers and at least 50 percent of the particles have a particle size in the range from 0.8 to 2.5 micrometers and which is characterized by a 10/90 tint reflection spectrum, which is measured from a panel coated to complete hide with a basecoat/clearcoat paint system, having a broad peak extending from 400 to 700 nm with a maximum at 460 nm.+-.10 nm, a negative slope extending from 480 nm to 700 nm which becomes less negative as the wavelength increases and a reflection at 700 nm that is at least 25 percent of the reflection at 460 nm.