# Photoshop background on new doc ? and color questions **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [April 4, 2006, 12:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/photoshop-background-on-new-doc-and-color-questions/184331 "2006-04-04T12:15:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sebus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@sebus](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sebus)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2006, 12:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/photoshop-background-on-new-doc-and-color-questions/184331/1 "2006-04-04T12:15:57Z")
How do I change the color of a document background in PS CS ? in the image you see that it is grey and when I open a doc on my home pc, it’s white and I would rather have it grey. Also, I notice when I bring my work home and open PSD files I get a message about colors being wrong - don’t remember exactly. How can I quickly match up what I have at work for color settings to what I have at home ? ![](http://www.pixelinsomnia.com/concept/back.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![samoscratch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@samoscratch](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/samoscratch)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2006, 5:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/photoshop-background-on-new-doc-and-color-questions/184331/2 "2006-04-04T17:26:13Z")
well you can choose the gray you’d like to use and press alt-del to fill the background with it if I remember correctly you can also choose the background color when you are creating a new document if that applies to you, concerning the error, I can only guess that you may be using a different color bit depth or such haven’t used photoshop in quite a bit, so I apologize if any of this is incorrect -samo ---
**Author:** ![sebus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@sebus](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sebus)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2006, 6:12pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/photoshop-background-on-new-doc-and-color-questions/184331/3 "2006-04-04T18:12:39Z")
you misunderstood me, of course I know how to fill the background 🙂 i’m talking about the area around the document, so when you resize it you get a white or grey color. At home I get white but at work it’s grey and I like it better. ---
**Author:** ![samoscratch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@samoscratch](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/samoscratch)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2006, 6:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/photoshop-background-on-new-doc-and-color-questions/184331/4 "2006-04-04T18:40:14Z")
ic, I believe that has to do with the windows theme you are using, do you have it on classic at home and default xp at work? ---
**Author:** ![unclesond](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@unclesond](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/unclesond)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2006, 9:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/photoshop-background-on-new-doc-and-color-questions/184331/5 "2006-04-04T21:43:23Z")
Yup you change that in the windows appearance/theme section The colour profiles. Maybe your defaulting to two different profiles. Open the advanced options when you create a new doc and see if they match. The right one to use would depend on what you use photoshop for (Web/printing/photos, CMYK RGB etc). I use sRGB IEC, but here is a [PDF on Adobe Colour Space](http://www.photoshopforphotographers.com/download/ps7fp_color1.pdf) ---
**Author:** ![CanisMajor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7993a0/32.png) [@CanisMajor](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/CanisMajor)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2006, 11:39pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/photoshop-background-on-new-doc-and-color-questions/184331/6 "2006-04-04T23:39:20Z")
Yeah, I agree with unclesond. I noticed you are using RGB 8 bit. Is that what you use at school or at home? When I took advanced PS the school comp was a Mac and I had a PC at home. So there were issues with colors, but that was a monitor issue. But your problem is probably a default setting that is different than the school one. I usually use sRGB unless the project calls for CYMK. Just make sure you are using the same at school and at home, like unclesond said. I am guessing you know the schemes like Pantone such and such, etc. ---
**Author:** ![SimplyArun](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/simplyarun/32/1695_2.png) [@SimplyArun](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/SimplyArun)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2006, 8:18am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/photoshop-background-on-new-doc-and-color-questions/184331/7 "2006-04-05T08:18:14Z")
It’s all pretty simple mate: If you’re creating stuff for onscreen viewing then use RGB If it’s gonna go to the presses for printing then stick with CMYK (make sure the resolution is set to atleast 300dpi) I hope you know what I’m saying I didn’t quite get what you meant regarding the document background colours ---
**Author:** ![CanisMajor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7993a0/32.png) [@CanisMajor](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/CanisMajor)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2006, 8:39am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/photoshop-background-on-new-doc-and-color-questions/184331/8 "2006-04-05T08:39:00Z")
I think he is talking about the border that windows puts the image in. He is calling it the background, but it really isn’t. It is a windows thing. Kinda like we can have different themes for these forums. ---
**Author:** ![sebus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@sebus](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sebus)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2006, 5:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/photoshop-background-on-new-doc-and-color-questions/184331/9 "2006-04-05T17:35:23Z")
simplyarun - i know the difference between rgb and cmyk, but thanks 🙂 I was wondering why when I open the same file at home it asks about color space or something similar - I guess I just need to set it the same under PS CS at home and at work. ---
**Author:** ![sebus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@sebus](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sebus)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2006, 5:37pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/photoshop-background-on-new-doc-and-color-questions/184331/10 "2006-04-05T17:37:46Z")
does the wood texture look purple on anyones monitor here: [http://cgpuppet.com/main.htm](http://cgpuppet.com/main.htm) at home i have color profile set to my DELL monitor and at work it’s set to sRGB ---
**Author:** ![unclesond](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@unclesond](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/unclesond)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2006, 6:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/photoshop-background-on-new-doc-and-color-questions/184331/11 "2006-04-05T18:06:20Z")
> [@sebus](#): > > does the wood texture look purple on anyones monitor here: > [http://cgpuppet.com/main.htm](http://cgpuppet.com/main.htm) > at home i have color profile set to my DELL monitor and at work it’s set to sRGB Looks wood coloured to me, no purlpe in sight ---
**Author:** ![CanisMajor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7993a0/32.png) [@CanisMajor](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/CanisMajor)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2006, 7:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/photoshop-background-on-new-doc-and-color-questions/184331/12 "2006-04-05T19:11:30Z")
Same here, just wood. Are both monitors the same as far as LCD vs CRT?