referring now to the drawings an interior automotive trim component embodying the principles of the present invention is illustrated in fig1 and generally designated at 10 as seen in fig1 the trim component 10 is illustrated as an instrument panel while illustrated as such it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the present invention is applicable to a wide range of interior automotive trim components including door panels seats center consoles headliners visors pillars etc accordingly the illustrations provided within this specification are for illustrative purposes only and are not intended nor should they be interpreted as limiting the scope of the present invention as seen in fig1 the trim component 10 has been formed into the desired shape and is provided with a cover skin 12 that has the unique characteristic of being able to exhibit areas of high gloss 14 and areas of low gloss 16 in fig1 an upper portion 18 of the trim component 10 is the low gloss area 16 while a lower portion 20 is the high gloss area 14 it will be appreciated that being able to form an upper portion 18 of the component 10 as a low gloss area 16 will have benefits on days of bright sunshine additionally being able to form immediately adjacent thereto a lower portion 20 of a contrasting high gloss area will be aesthetically pleasing to consumers as mentioned above in the background section of this specification at.