Patent ID: 8730551

Claim:
A vehicular rearview assembly having a front and front peripheral region, the assembly comprising: a first substrate including a first surface corresponding to the front; a second surface; and a first transparent electrically conductive electrode layer carried on the second surface; a second substrate including a third surface; and a fourth surface; and an at least partially reflective stack of materials carried on at least a portion of at least one of the third surface and the fourth surface; a perimeter seal between the first substrate and second substrate; wherein the first substrate, second substrate, and the perimeter seal define a cavity; an electro-optic medium disposed in the cavity between the first substrate and the second substrate and bounded by the perimeter seal; and a ring of spectral filter material disposed circumferentially at a periphery area of the first substrate on at least one of the first surface and the second surface, wherein a diffuse reflectance at the periphery area of the first substrate is greater than a specular reflectance by at least about 3 L* units.