Composition for producing a thermal insulation coating

A composition comprising

• i) at least one radiation-absorbing tert-alkylphenoxy-substituted polycyclic compound A of formula I
• where
• P is a conjugated polycyclic radical that is stable to bases and nucleophiles, optionally bears aryl substituents and contains no group from the group consisting of —CO—NH—CO—, —COOH and —CO—O—CO—;
• R is C1-C8-alkyl, wherein the carbon chain of said C1-C8-alkyl may be interrupted by one or more groups selected from the group consisting of —O—, —S—, —NR1−, —CO— and —SO2— and which may be monosubstituted or polysubstituted by identical or different radicals selected from the group consisting of C1-C6-alkoxy and a 5- to 7-membered heterocyclic radical that is attached via a nitrogen atom and may contain further heteroatoms and/or may be aromatic;
• or R is C5-C8-cycloalkyl, wherein the carbon framework of said C5-C8-cycloalkyl may be interrupted by one or more groups selected from the group consisting of —O—, —S—, —NR1−, —CO— and —SO2— and which may be monosubstituted or polysubstituted by C1-C6-alkyl;
• R1 is hydrogen or C1-C6-alkyl;
• Hal is chlorine or bromine or mixtures thereof;
• m is from 0 to 15;
• and
• n is from 1 to 16, wherein the sum m+n is ≦16 and
• ii) at least one curable IR-reflecting component B which comprises
• a) at least one achiral nematic polymerizable monomer and at least one chiral polymerizable monomer;
• b) at least one cholesteric polymerizable monomer;
• c) at least one cholesteric crosslinkable polymer;
• or
• d) at least one cholesteric polymer in a polymerizable diluent.