A composition can exhibit improved ion resistance and color stability. The composition includes a pigment made of bismuth vanadate (BiVO4). The pigment is in the form of particles coated with at leastone O-functionalized carbohydrate, where the O-functionalized carbohydrate is at least one of an ether of a carbohydrate and an ester of a carbohydrate. The carbohydrate is at least one of a monosaccharide and an oligosaccharide. The oligosaccharide is at least one of an oligosaccharide having two to ten monosaccharides, a sugar alcohol, a sugar acid, and a lactone of the sugar acid.