Coloured aqueous polymer dispersions, and production and use of same

1. A colored polymer dispersion comprising as essential constituents

(a) a color polymer prepared by polymerizing monomer A with monomer B, wherein monomer A is a pigment P coated with a polymerizable wax D and wherein the polymerizable function is an ethylenically unsaturated group, and monomer B being an ethylenically unsaturated compound;

(b) at least one nonionic surface-active additive E selected from the group consisting of polyethers, polyglycerols and a mixture thereof;

(c) at least one anionic surface-active additive F selected from the group consisting of sulfonates, sulfates, phosphonates, phosphates, carboxylates or a mixture thereof;

(d) water, wherein the polymer dispersion comprises:

from 2% to 60% by weight of the component (a),

from 0.1% to 15% by weight of the component (b),

from 0.1% to 15% by weight of the component (c),

from 10% to 90% by weight of the component (d) (water),

from 0% to 20% by weight of at least one auxiliary,

the sum of the weight percentages not exceeding 100% by weight, wherein the pigment P is selected from the group consisting of an organic chromatic pigment, an inorganic chromatic pigment, a white pigment, a carbon black pigment and a combination thereof, and wherein the monomer B is selected from the group consisting of acrylates, methacrylates and vinylbenzenes.

2. The polymer dispersion as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the pigment P is selected from the group consisting of an azo pigment, an anthanthrone pigment, an anthrapyrimidine pigment, a quinacridone pigment, a quinophthalone pigment, a diketopyrrolopyrrole pigment, a dioxazine pigment, an indanthrone pigment, an isoindoline pigment, an isoindolinone pigment, an isoviolanthrone pigment, a perylene pigment, a perinone pigment, a phthalocyanine pigment, a pyranthrone pigment, a pyrazoloquinazolone pigment, a thioindigo pigment, a triarylcarbonium pigment and a combination thereof.

3. The polymer dispersion as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the pigment P is selected from the group consisting of a yellow, cyan magenta and black pigment.

4. The polymer dispersion as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the polymerizable wax D is a reaction product of a polyol, aliphatic carboxylic acids having more than seven carbon atoms, and at least one ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid, optionally oligomerized by the addition of a dicarboxylic acid.

5. The polymer dispersion as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the color polymer (a) is composed of 5% to 95% by weight of pigment P, of 2.5% to 50% by weight of the coating D, and of 2.5% to 50% by weight of the monomer B reacted with D.

6. A process for preparing a polymer dispersion as claimed in claim 1 , comprising the steps of subjecting the pigment P in aqueous suspension to fine division with at least one part of the components b) and c), under the action of shearing forces to form a prepared pigment dispersion, homogenizing the prepared pigment dispersion with the polymerizable wax D, optionally a part of monomer B, and optionally with addition of further component b), c) or both at a temperature above the softening point of D to form a coated pigment dispersion, adding a mixture of water, monomer B, and optionally further component c), d) or both to the coated pigment dispersion, and polymerizing the coated pigment dispersion.

7. A process for preparing a polymer dispersion as claimed in claim 1 , comprising the steps of preparing a miniemulsion from the melted polymerizable wax D and components b) and c), subjecting the miniemulsion, together with an aqueous suspension of the pigment P, to fine division, under the action of shearing forces to form a coated pigment preparation, adding a mixture of water, monomer B, and optionally further component c), d) or both to the coated pigment preparation, and polymerizing the coated pigment preparation.

8. A composition colored by the colored polymer dispersion as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the composition is selected from the group consisting of aqueous coating materials, varnishes, emulsion paints, printing inks, liquid inks, ink-jet inks, colored paper, wood and leather.

9. An colored article colored by the colored polymer dispersion as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the colored article is selected from the group consisting of paper, wood and leather.