A display apparatus for an electric hob may have a colored, such as reddish-brown, hob plate, which may be composed of glass ceramic and have an inhomogeneous transmission profile for light with high transmission in the region of wavelengths of greater than 700 nm and with low transmission in the region below 700 nm. The display apparatus may have one light source with a defined output spectrum. The color locus of the light source may be shifted to the left starting from white and have a blue tinge. This configuration may provide a display that is visible or that correspondingly lights up as a substantially white illuminated display through the colored cover.