Home appliance

1 . A home appliance comprising:

a cabinet that defines a storage space; and

a door configured to open and close at least a portion of the storage space,

wherein the door comprises:

a door body having an opening passing through in a front and rear direction, and

a panel assembly that is mounted on the door body to cover the opening and defines a front surface of the door,

the panel assembly being configured to transmit light such that the front surface of the door is expressed in a set color, and the storage space is seen through the opening,

wherein the panel assembly includes:

a panel that defines a front surface of the panel assembly and is made of a material configured to transmit light,

a lighting device provided behind the panel and configured to emit light to make the panel glow with the set color,

a light guide plate provided at a rear of the panel and configured to guide light emitted from the lighting device to the panel, and

a reflective layer provided on a rear of the light guide plate and configured to reflect light guided along the light guide plate forward, and

wherein the reflective layer includes:

a first region that at least partially overlaps with the opening and is configured to allow the storage space to be seen through the opening, and

a second region that is disposed along a perimeter of the first region and is more opaque than the first region to reflect more light forward.

2 . The home appliance of claim 1 , wherein the panel assembly includes a back cover forming a rear of the panel assembly, and

wherein a cover opening is formed in the back cover to at least partially overlap the opening.

3 . The home appliance of claim 1 ,

wherein a pattern for diffusion of light is formed on the light guide plate,

wherein the pattern includes:

a first pattern part configured to at least partially overlap the opening and to be capable of seeing through; and

a second pattern part formed along the perimeter of the first pattern part, and

wherein a transparency of the first pattern part is higher than a transparency of the second pattern part.

4 . The home appliance of claim 1 , wherein the panel assembly further includes a color layer disposed on the panel and configured to present a color of the panel based on the lighting device being turned off,

wherein the color layer includes:

a first color part at least partially overlapping the opening; and

a second color part formed around the first color part, and

wherein a saturation of the first color part is higher than a saturation of the second color part.

5 . The home appliance of claim 1 , further comprising:

a main door configured to open and close the storage space and having a body opening communicating with the storage space,

wherein the door is rotatably mounted on the main door to open and close the opening, and an inside of the body opening is seen through via the panel assembly.

6 . A home appliance comprising:

a cabinet that defines a storage space; and

a door configured to open and close at least a portion of the storage space,

wherein the door comprises:

a door body having an opening passing through in a front and rear direction, and

a panel assembly that is mounted on the door body to cover the opening and defines a front surface of the door, the panel assembly being configured to transmit light such that the front surface of the door is expressed in a set color, and the storage space is seen through the opening,

wherein the panel assembly includes:

a panel that defines a front surface of the panel assembly and is made of a material configured to transmit light, and

a lighting device provided behind the panel and configured to emit light to make the panel glow with the set color,

wherein the door body includes:

a door liner that defines a rear of the door body,

a front plate that defines a front surface of the door body, and

a seeing-through assembly disposed between the door liner and the front plate to cover the opening, and made of a seeing-through material,

wherein the opening is defined in the door liner, and

wherein the front plate is made of a seeing-through plate-shaped material to cover a front surface of the seeing-through assembly.

7 . The home appliance of claim 6 , wherein the front plate includes:

a seeing-through part formed to be capable of seeing through at a position corresponding to the seeing-through assembly; and

a bezel part formed along an outer perimeter of the seeing-through part and formed opaquely.

8 . The home appliance of claim 6 , wherein the seeing-through assembly includes:

a plurality of plates sized to cover the opening and spaced forward and backward, and

a spacer formed along a perimeter of the plurality of plates to connect the plurality of plates to each other.

9 . The home appliance of claim 6 , wherein the door body includes an insulating material provided between the door liner, the front plate, and a perimeter of the seeing-through assembly, and

wherein the panel assembly is detachably mounted on the door body provided with the insulating material.

10 . The home appliance of claim 6 , wherein a seeing-through light is provided at the rear of the seeing-through assembly,

wherein, when the seeing-through light is turned on, a space behind the seeing-through assembly becomes bright and is visible through the panel and the seeing-through assembly, and

wherein, when the seeing-through light is turned off, the space behind the seeing-through assembly becomes dark and becomes more invisible.

11 . The home appliance of claim 10 , wherein the seeing-through light is provided on the rear of the door body and irradiates light from an outside of the seeing-through assembly toward the seeing-through assembly.

12 . The home appliance of claim 10 , wherein the lighting device is turned off when the seeing-through light is turned on.