Cladding element (6; 60; 67; 68; 69) for at least partially covering a ceiling or a wall of a room, comprising a plane carrier substrate (62; 620; 627; 628; 629) with a front face and a rear face, a fastening structure (63; 630; 638; 639) which is arranged on the rear face of the carrier substrate (62; 620; 627; 628; 629) and is designed to fasten the cladding element (6; 60; 67, 68; 69) to a wall or a ceiling, and a light-shaping structure (61; 610, 640; 6117, 6127; 618; 619, 649) which is arranged on the front face of the carrier substrate (62; 620; 627, 628; 629) and is designed to reflect a light beam directed onto the cladding element (6; 60; 67; 68; 69) and to generate predefined light properties in the reflected light, wherein the light-shaping structure (61; 610, 640; 6117, 6127; 618; 619, 649) has inhomogeneous reflection properties in that it comprises a plurality of regions which are designed to reflect a light beam directed onto the cladding element (6; 60; 67; 68; 69) differently from one another, the plurality of regions of the light-shaping structure comprise a diffuse region which is designed to partially diffusely or diffusely reflect a light beam directed onto the cladding element, the diffuse region makes up at least approximately 50% of the area with which the light beam directed onto the cladding element can be reflected, and the plurality of regions of the light-shaping structure (61; 610, 640; 6117, 6127; 618; 619, 649) further comprise a directionally reflecting region, wherein characterized in that the light-shaping structure (61; 610, 640; 6117, 6127; 618; 619, 649) with its reflection contour is designed such that the light beam creates a spot (5, 50, 50') as a light object with predetermined light properties, wherein the spot (5, 50, 50') has a homogeneous center zone and a sharp edge as a border, wherein at the sharp edge the luminance decreases by at least approximately 20% over at most approximately 10% of the diameter of the center zone. a plane carrier substrate (62; 620; 627; 628; 629) with a front face and a rear face, a fastening structure (63; 630; 638; 639) which is arranged on the rear face of the carrier substrate (62; 620; 627; 628; 629) and is designed to fasten the cladding element (6; 60; 67, 68; 69) to a wall or a ceiling, and a light-shaping structure (61; 610, 640; 6117, 6127; 618; 619, 649) which is arranged on the front face of the carrier substrate (62; 620; 627, 628; 629) and is designed to reflect a light beam directed onto the cladding element (6; 60; 67; 68; 69) and to generate predefined light properties in the reflected light, wherein the light-shaping structure (61; 610, 640; 6117, 6127; 618; 619, 649) has inhomogeneous reflection properties in that it comprises a plurality of regions which are designed to reflect a light beam directed onto the cladding element (6; 60; 67; 68; 69) differently from one another, the plurality of regions of the light-shaping structure comprise a diffuse region which is designed to partially diffusely or diffusely reflect a light beam directed onto the cladding element, the diffuse region makes up at least approximately 50% of the area with which the light beam directed onto the cladding element can be reflected, and the plurality of regions of the light-shaping structure (61; 610, 640; 6117, 6127; 618; 619, 649) further comprise a directionally reflecting region, wherein characterized in that the light-shaping structure (61; 610, 640; 6117, 6127; 618; 619, 649) with its reflection contour is designed such that the light beam creates a spot (5, 50, 50') as a light object with predetermined light properties, wherein the spot (5, 50, 50') has a homogeneous center zone and a sharp edge as a border, wherein at the sharp edge the luminance decreases by at least approximately 20% over at most approximately 10% of the diameter of the center zone.