An overglaze color for pottery. Pigment is added to a colorless frit which has the composition (wt %):(1) silicon dioxide 30 to 70(2) alumina 0.1 to 15(3) boron oxide 20 to 40(4) alkali metal oxide 2 to 17(5) one or more oxide selected from lanthanum oxide, niobium oxide, tantalum oxide, hafnium oxide, scandium oxide, samarium oxide, europium oxide, gadolinium oxide, thulium oxide, ytterbium oxide, lutetium oxide, terbium oxide, or dysprosium oxide 0.1 to 15and having a thermal expansion coefficient of 5.0.times.10.sup.-6 /.degree. C. to 7.0.times.10.sup.-6 /.degree. C. at 50.degree. to 350.degree. C. and a thermal softeningpVperature of 500.degree. to 640.degree. C. The overglaze color according to the invention causes no cracking, increases the color developing property of the pigment and has high chemical durability.