The invention relates to an electric lamp comprising a light-transmitting pear shaped lamp vessel (1) with a top part (8) and a centre part (9) in which a light source (2) is arranged in the centre part, said electric lamp provided with a light-absorbing medium (6) exhibiting a spectral transition in the visible range, at least a part of the lamp vessel (1) being provided with an interference film (5), wherein the light absorbing-medium (6) provided at the top part of the vessel (8) has an absorption, which is 1.5 to 5 times the absorption of the light-absorbing medium provided at the centre part (9) of the vessel.