An article (300; 400; 500; 600) comprising: a non-light-emitting, variable transmission device (210; 330); and a coating disposed between the non-light-emitting, variable transmission device (210; 330) and an ambient outside the article (300; 400; 500; 600), wherein the coating comprises a plurality of layers including a first layer and a second layer, wherein the first layer has a refractive index of at least 2.2 measured using light with an emission maximum of 550 nm and a thickness of at least 10 nm, and the second layer has a refractive index of at most 1.7 measured using light with an emission maximum of 550 nm, wherein the second layer is disposed between the first layer and the non-light-emitting variable transmission device (210; 330), and wherein the article (300; 400; 500; 600) has a ΔE of at most 6.5, wherein: Δ E = L * 21 2 + a * 21 2 + b * 21 2 0.5, Δ E > 0, L* 21 is the difference in L* when the article is in its lowest transmission state minus L* when the article is in its highest transmission state, a* 21 is the difference in a* when the article is in its lowest transmission state minus a* when the article is in its highest transmission state, b* 21 is the difference in b* when the article is in its lowest transmission state minus b* when the article is in its highest transmission state, wherein ΔE is determined in accordance with CIELab color space adopted by the Commission Internationale de 1'eclairage in 1931, and is the positive value of the square root of the sum of the difference in CIELab color coordinates between two states as given in the equation ΔE = (L*21 2 + a*21 2 + b*21 2) 0.5 above, L* represents the lightness of the color (0 corresponds to black while 100 corresponds to diffuse white), a* represents its position between red/magenta and green (negative values indicate green while positive values indicate magenta) b* represents its position between yellow and blue (negative values indicate blue and positive values indicate yellow), and measurements for L*, a*, and b* are taken along the same side of the article as the outer surface. a non-light-emitting, variable transmission device (210; 330); and a coating disposed between the non-light-emitting, variable transmission device (210; 330) and an ambient outside the article (300; 400; 500; 600), wherein the coating comprises a plurality of layers including a first layer and a second layer, wherein the first layer has a refractive index of at least 2.2 measured using light with an emission maximum of 550 nm and a thickness of at least 10 nm, and the second layer has a refractive index of at most 1.7 measured using light with an emission maximum of 550 nm, wherein the second layer is disposed between the first layer and the non-light-emitting variable transmission device (210; 330), and wherein the article (300; 400; 500; 600) has a ΔE of at most 6.5, wherein: Δ E = L * 21 2 + a * 21 2 + b * 21 2 0.5, Δ E > 0, L* 21 is the difference in L* when the article is in its lowest transmission state minus L* when the article is in its highest transmission state, a* 21 is the difference in a* when the article is in its lowest transmission state minus a* when the article is in its highest transmission state, b* 21 is the difference in b* when the article is in its lowest transmission state minus b* when the article is in its highest transmission state, wherein ΔE is determined in accordance with CIELab color space adopted by the Commission Internationale de 1'eclairage in 1931, and is the positive value of the square root of the sum of the difference in CIELab color coordinates between two states as given in the equation ΔE = (L*21 2 + a*21 2 + b*21 2) 0.5 above, L* represents the lightness of the color (0 corresponds to black while 100 corresponds to diffuse white), a* represents its position between red/magenta and green (negative values indicate green while positive values indicate magenta) b* represents its position between yellow and blue (negative values indicate blue and positive values indicate yellow), and measurements for L*, a*, and b* are taken along the same side of the article as the outer surface.