Appliance user interface and display

An appliance user interface defining an axial direction, the appliance user interface comprising:

• a substrate panel;
• an electromagnetic sensor positioned behind the substrate panel along the axial direction;
• an applied layer attached to the substrate panel between the electromagnetic sensor and the substrate panel along the axial direction, the applied layer comprising a perforated region axially aligned with the electromagnetic sensor, the perforated region having a deposited portion and a negative portion, the deposited portion comprising a material restricting infrared light along the axial direction, the negative portion defining a transparent void through the material and permitting infrared light along the axial direction;
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• an opaque secondary layer attached to the applied layer between the electromagnetic sensor and the applied layer along the axial direction, wherein the opaque secondary layer defines a transparent aperture axially aligned with the perforated region.