Aircraft Interior Surface and Method of Illuminating an Aircraft Interior Surface

An aircraft partition, comprising:

• a panel or frame portion residing substantially in a first plane, the panel or frame portion being opaque and constructed of a material that does not transmit visible light;
• a planar dimmable portion, the dimmable portion being substantially co-planar with the panel or frame portion, the dimmable portion configured to operate in a transparent condition and in an opaque condition, the dimmable portion further being located to permit crew line of sight through the partition system when the dimmable portion is in the transparent condition;
• control circuitry communicatively coupled to the dimmable portion comprising processing circuitry, and a non-transitory computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon, wherein the instructions, when executed by the control circuitry, cause the control circuitry to receive at least one selection from a computing device related to a dimmable panel setting and translate the at least one setting into at least one control signal to switch the dimmable portion between the transparent condition and the opaque condition.