Better move that dash from the kitchen counter before the wife see it there! 

My stock ‘65 gauge cluster had flat white and black in a pattern as designed by Ford.
I only cleaned mine, did not paint it.
Didn’t want a flood light dashboard.

When I was replacing the bezel, I painted it the same color as the bezel on front side instead of black to help reflect light and customize it.

The replacement bezel had the flash chrome on inside that does not reflect light well.
I remember reading about this problem in a magazine many years ago.
They painted it flat white, which works better than gloss white.

Factory bezel had a flat white on backside.
I painted mine flat white and then a couple of spray coats of glow-in-dark over white.
With the factory black gauges, it is visible when it’s dark outside after lights are turned off.
I also did same thing on my interior light sockets under dash, doors, and center console.

The spray type glow-in-dark is ok, not as bright as I wanted.
A fun experiment nonetheless.