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Change a window’s background color
Preview shows a gray background behind images and PDFs. In an image or PDF, you see the background if you expand the window larger than the size of the document; in an image, you can also see the background through any transparent sections. You can change the background color.
Choose Preview > Preferences, then click General.
Click the “Window background” color well, then choose a color.
See alsoView PDFs and images