A process for the preparation of metal complex pigments with low dispersion harshness

A process for the preparation of metal complexes of an azo compound which in the form of its tautomeric structures of the formula (I) wherein the with X and Y designated rings each carry one or two substituents selected from = O, = S, = NR Alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl can carry aralkyl, the sum of the endo- and exocyclic double bonds for each of the rings X and Y is three, R R R R R