A motor vehicle interior component with a multilayer design, with at least one inhomogeneously structured decorative layer (1), which has a plurality of regions (11, 12) of different transparencies. The decorative layer (1) is a side of the interior component that is facing an observer and includes at least one region (2) for the display of an image. A light source (4) is provided on the side of the decorative layer (1) facing away from the observer. The decorative layer (1) has a masking layer (3) on the side of the light source, with masking sections (31, 32) of different transparencies. Masking sections of lower transparency (31) are arranged on regions of higher transparency (11) and masking sections of higher transparency (32) and arranged on regions of lower transparency (12) of the decorative layer (1). A method for the production of such an interior component is disclosed.