b yet when the display 170 is active the display 170 can be clearly seen as shown in fig1 c in the event that a lighter shade of translucent material is desired for the enclosure 150 or the upper surface 155 based on personal decor choices more ambient light may pass through the upper surface 155 above the display 170 potentially illuminating it and undesirably revealing it this may be minimized by camouflaging the interior of the enclosure 150 such as painting it the same color as the material chosen for the enclosure 150 as such even directly transparent materials may be used as well while the use of lighter shaded translucent materials above the display 170 is possible the material may need to be smoked fogged or clouded if one wishes to avoid direct transparency which may reveal the display 170 while this may work for individually illuminated led displays 170 such as shown in fig1 c materials that are both tinted and smoked may not be suitable for use with mechanical scales 100 using dials 175 shown in fig1 e because the material may blur the appearance of numbers 176 on the dials which typically will not be individually illuminated a separate backlight not shown may be necessary to illuminate the dial 175 through the upper surface 155 mechanical scales 100 may need to use almost transparent materials above the displays 170 so that the numbers 176 on the dials 175 are clear and discernable when actively lighted the use of such transparent materials may reveal however the display 170 below it unless other means are used to obscure the display 170 when inactive because this situation is more apt to occur the context of mechanical.