The invention relates to an indication apparatus having a transparent coloured glass ceramic which has a front-side indication side and a rear-side illumination side, wherein at least one luminous element is arranged in the region of the illumination side. An inexpensive and robust indication apparatus is realized according to the invention by arranging a colour compensation filter between the glass ceramic and the luminous element and by arranging an at least partially transparent intermediate layer between the colour compensation filter and the glass ceramic.