1. A method for the quantitative determination of surface properties of coatings containing effect pigments, said method comprising the steps: recording at least one spatially resolved image of an entire surface to be analysed by a camera or a detection device; assigning, by a processor device, at least one measured value to each of the pixels of the image, wherein said measured value corresponds to a given specific colour property; analysing the measured values by: determining those surface areas (A) of the at least one recorded image which represent each said specific colour property; determining a mean value (I) of said specific colour property with the processor device, wherein said mean value is characteristic of the measured values of the colour property of all said determined surface areas (A), evaluating individual camera pixels or pixels of the detection device with the processor device according to a specified defined value range for an intensity of one or more colours in the at least one recorded image by: once again determining certain surface areas of the at least one recorded image, which represent a specific colour property; determining a further characteristic value (B), which is independent of the mean value (I), wherein the further characteristic value represents colour properties of the at least one recorded image which lie above a given threshold value and wherein its determination is based on the determined surface areas; and displaying said further characteristic value (B) together with the mean value (I) or a value dependent on this mean value.