Lighting apparatus for an external or internal cladding component of a means of passenger and/or freight transport, comprising - a surface element, integrated in or integrable into an external or internal cladding component, or forming the cladding component, of a means of passenger and/or freight transport, which forms at least a section of a face side of the cladding component, and which is at least partially light-permeable, - a support structure, have at least one light-reflecting surface, arranged on a backside of the surface element opposite the face side - at least one light source for providing light in the lighting apparatus, wherein o the light-reflecting surface and the light source are implemented and arranged such that the light from the light-reflecting surface is reflected to the surface element and is visually perceptible on the face side, and - at least one pattern-generating section which o is arranged on a support element which is connected to the support structure, and o reflects the light, in particular with regard to the brightness and/or the color, to the surface element such that a pattern becomes visually perceptible on the face side, characterized in that the light-reflecting surface is arranged on the pattern-generating section, or characterized in that the light-reflecting surface extends onto the patter-generating section, or characterized in that the pattern-generating section does not comprise a light-reflecting surface and in that the pattern-generating section comprises a color-changing coating for changing the color of the reflected light. - a surface element, integrated in or integrable into an external or internal cladding component, or forming the cladding component, of a means of passenger and/or freight transport, which forms at least a section of a face side of the cladding component, and which is at least partially light-permeable, - a support structure, have at least one light-reflecting surface, arranged on a backside of the surface element opposite the face side - at least one light source for providing light in the lighting apparatus, wherein o the light-reflecting surface and the light source are implemented and arranged such that the light from the light-reflecting surface is reflected to the surface element and is visually perceptible on the face side, and o the light-reflecting surface and the light source are implemented and arranged such that the light from the light-reflecting surface is reflected to the surface element and is visually perceptible on the face side, and - at least one pattern-generating section which o is arranged on a support element which is connected to the support structure, and o reflects the light, in particular with regard to the brightness and/or the color, to the surface element such that a pattern becomes visually perceptible on the face side, o is arranged on a support element which is connected to the support structure, and o reflects the light, in particular with regard to the brightness and/or the color, to the surface element such that a pattern becomes visually perceptible on the face side, characterized in that the light-reflecting surface is arranged on the pattern-generating section, or characterized in that the light-reflecting surface extends onto the patter-generating section, or characterized in that the pattern-generating section does not comprise a light-reflecting surface and in that the pattern-generating section comprises a color-changing coating for changing the color of the reflected light.