Process for the preparation of pigment granules and the use thereof

Pigment granules comprising:

• a pressed or briquetted core having a size in the range of 80 μm to 2000 μm and at least one outer layer applied by granulation, wherein
• a) the pressed or briquetted core comprises at least one organic and/or inorganic pigment and at least one auxiliary;
• b) the at least one outer layer comprises at least one further non-fluorescing organic and/or inorganic pigment and at least one further auxiliary;
• and
• c) in the at least one outer layer:
• 1) the at least one further non-fluorescing organic and/or inorganic pigment is different than the organic and/or inorganic pigment comprised by the pressed or briquetted core;
• 2) the at least one further auxiliary is different than the auxiliary comprised by the pressed or briquetted core;
• 3) the at least one further non-fluorescing organic and/or inorganic pigment is different than the organic and/or inorganic pigment comprised by the pressed or briquetted core and the at least one further auxiliary is different than the auxiliary comprised by the pressed or briquetted core;
• or
• 4) the at least one further non-fluorescing organic and/or inorganic pigment has at least one further auxiliary being identical to those in the pressed or briquetted core, whereby at least one of the further non-fluorescing organic and/or inorganic pigment(s) in at least one outer layer is not pressed or briquetted.