To enlarge the design and technical use options of a vehicle lamp, in particular for motor vehicles, which includes at least one functional lamp and a light exit cover covering the internal space of the vehicle lamp, provided on surface regions of at least one component (1) of the vehicle lamp, which are visible from the exterior and which do not cover the at least one functional lamp, is an electroluminescence arrangement which includes at least one flat capacitor (20) which includes at least a rear base electrode (25), a pigment layer (27) which in operation lights up, and a transparent cover electrode (26).