A colored low-expansion transparent glass ceramic comprising 100 parts by weight of a base glass (a) having the following composition, the following coloring components (b) and the following auxiliary coloring component (c) mixed thereto in the following ratio, and in that the principal crystalline phase is .beta.-quartz solid solution.(a) Base glass______________________________________ (weight %) ______________________________________ LiO.sub.2 3.5 to 5.5 Na.sub.2 O 0 to 4.0 K.sub.2 O 0 to 4.0 Na.sub.2 O + K.sub.2 O 0.5 to 4.0 MgO 0.1 to 3.0 Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 20.5 to 23.0 SiO.sub.2 60.0 to 68.5 TiO.sub.2 1.0 to 7.0 ZrO.sub.2 0 to 3.5 TiO.sub.2 + ZrO.sub.2 3.5 to 7.0 P.sub.2 O.sub.5 0 to 4.0 ______________________________________ (b) Coloring components______________________________________ (part by weight) ______________________________________ CoO 0 to 0.02 Cr.sub.2 O.sub.3 0 to 0.05 MoO.sub.3 0 to 0.04 NiO 0 to 0.075 ______________________________________ (c) Auxiliary coloring componentAt least one selected from the group consisting of______________________________________ (part of weight) ______________________________________ Cl 0 to 0.6 Br 0 to 0.4, and I 0 to 0.03 ______________________________________ The total amount of auxiliary component is 0.002 to 0.7 part by weight.In order to produce such glass ceramic, a raw material so prepared as to produce a glass ceramic having a composition comprising 100 parts by weight of the base glass (a) having the above-described composition, the coloring components (b) and the auxiliary coloring components (c) mixed thereto in the above-described ratio is melted and cooled and the thus-obtained glass ceramic is heat treated so as to form .beta.-quartz solid solution crystals as the principal crystalline phase.