- You can switch between the default black background and an alternative colour by right-clicking in the background area and hitting Draw Backdrop. The alternative colour will be a blue gradient.
- For more options, hit Display in the top-level menu followed by Display options... in the next menu. Move to the Background pane of the resulting Display Options dialogue.
- To set a customised, uniform background colour, select the Single Colour option, click on the adjacent panel (which will be black by default) and choose a colour from the resulting palette (see Section 6.5.2).
- To create a background which changes gradually in colour, select the Gradient option, click on each of the four panels in turn and select colours from the resulting palette to achieve the effect of your choice.
- Select the None (Black) option or hit the Defaults button to revert to the default black background.
