The flip-flop properties and the metallic impression are enhanced in a metallic coating. The coating includes a colored base layer 14 formed directly or indirectly on a surface of a coating target 11, and a bright material-containing layer 15 layered on the colored base layer 14 and containing flaked bright materials 22 and a colorant 23. The thickness of the bright material-containing layer 15 is 1.5 µm or more and 6 µm or less. When all the bright materials 22 present in the bright material-containing layer 15 are projected on a surface of the bright material-containing layer 15, an area occupancy of projections of the bright materials with respect to the surface of the bright material-containing layer is 30% or more and 90% or less.