Patent ID: 8854801

Claim:
A display housing for a portable computer comprising: a display; a backlight for at least illuminating the display; a display housing cover enclosing the backlight and a rear portion of the display wherein a portion of the display housing cover is transmissive to light and receives light generated from the backlight, wherein when the backlight is generating light, an outer portion of the display housing cover is illuminated; an exterior color enhancement layer that enhances the color of the display housing cover applied to a first area of an inner surface of the display housing cover, wherein the first area does not overlap with the portion of the display housing cover transmissive to light; a light transmission control layer that controls the transmission of light from within the display housing cover applied on top of the exterior color enhancement layer; and a color control layer that colors the light received from the backlight applied on top of the light transmission control layer, wherein the color control layer is applied to a second area less than the first area and the second area is proximate to the portion of the display housing cover transmissive to light.