I prefer the white or the mid grey in Tuttle's example in post 67. They are clean looking, easy to read and do not affect the color of the images. Having done color corrections for a living, one of the fisrt principles you learn is to look at color in neutral light for accuraccy. If an image really "does" seem to change when viewing it on a light or neutral background (ie: the colors in the shadows seem to shift or get lost) then it's the image's contruction, and as such needs to be corrected, not the fault of the neutral or light color bleeding away from the image. Personally i woulkd LOVE to see this place get rid of black. Working in graphics and seeing files from others from all over- one thing I have noticed is black= newbie. Just about everyone (who's files i see) who gets a new comp and a graphics app does their work in black. It's old, overused, and detracts from the actual work.