Motor-vehicle interior component with a backlit decorative panel

A motor-vehicle interior component comprising:

• a decorative panel formed by a shaped body of plastic material,
• a support layer,
• wherein the decorative panel has a visible surface at least partially transparent to light, the visible surface comprising a back adjacent the support layer, the support layer having a first aesthetic pattern on a first face facing the visible surface, and a second aesthetic pattern on a second face opposite to said first face,
• wherein the visible surface, the first and the second aesthetic patterns and the support layer define a configuration of multi-layer materials comprising ink layers deposited on the support layer,
• wherein the first and second aesthetic patterns and the support layer form a film with dark, light-blocking portions and light transparent portions,
• backlighting means located on an opposite side of the decorative panel relative to the visible surface, the backlight means activatable to illuminate said second aesthetic pattern to make the second pattern visible along the visible surface through transparent portions of the first aesthetic pattern,
• in such a way that said first aesthetic pattern and said second aesthetic pattern are alternatively displayed from the outside of the component depending on whether the backlighting means are deactivated or activated.