Security element, security document having such a security element and method of manufacturing a security element

The invention relates to a security element (1) for a security paper, value document or the like, with a carrier (9) having a reflective surface area (3), which is divided into a plurality of reflective pixels (5) wherein the area of ​​each pixel (5) by at least an order of magnitude smaller than the area of ​​the reflective surface area (3), wherein each pixel (5) having at least one reflective facet formed in a surface of the support, wherein the at least one reflective facet on the surface region (3) along a predetermined direction incident light directed in a predetermined orientation by its reflection direction is reflected, wherein the orientations of facets of different pixels (5) on the reflective surface portion having a substantially random variation.