A component (6) for a passenger cabin (2) of a passenger aircraft (4) contains a base body (8) with a surface (10), and a layer structure (12), which is applied to the surface (10) and contains at least two layers in the form of at least one active layer (14) and an adhesive layer (16) arranged between the active layer (14) and the surface (10), wherein the active layer (14) contains at least one surface section (18a-c) which is formed from an electrically controllable colour-changing film (20), wherein at least a part of the colour-changing film (20) forms a visible surface (22) for the intended purpose in the passenger cabin (2).