color and illumination scheme alternatively different colors for the inner and outer portions 18 16 of the pointer assembly 14 can be provided with coatings of different colors further a worker with the benefit of this disclosure would understand how to sequentially or preferentially illuminate specific portions of the pointer assembly to provide the desired aesthetic appearance referring to fig3 an exploded view of the dial gauge assembly 10 is illustrated the exploded view shows the cap 42 that is placed over the auxiliary circuit board 26 the auxiliary circuit board 26 in turn provides a mounting location for the led 40 the led 40 is disposed along the central axis 20 the auxiliary circuit board 26 includes connector pins 30 that extend through the light support 36 and engage connectors 28 on the main circuit board 24 the main circuit board 24 provides a mounting location for the first led 38 in this example three leds 38 are illustrated however any number of leds as are required to provide the desired uniform illumination and brightness of the outer pointer portion 16 may be utilized the dial face 12 is mounted within a housing 32 that is also mounted adjacent the main circuit board 24 the pointer assembly 14 is mounted on the pointer mount 15 which is in turn mounted to the shaft 25 of the motor 22 rotation of the shaft 25 rotates the pointer assembly 14 about the axis 20 to indicate a desired perimeter on the dial face 12 referring to fig4 an instrument cluster assembly 50 includes several gauge assemblies including the dial face 12 the outer.