Disclosed in the present application include: (i) plates, having two approximately parallel main sides, of a glass-ceramic or a glass displaying a certain transparency, with a colored coating fixed to at least one part of the surface of one of said two main sides; (ii) heating plates, particularly cook-tops, consisting of such plates or obtainable from such plates. These heating plates are intended to be fitted above heating elements, their side bearing said coating facing said heating elements; and (iii) the preparation of such plates. The original colored coating proposed is particularly interesting with reference to its color stability.