> > Yes but, 'self theme' is 'the theme engine that defines all theme > settings' and > 'self theme backgroundColor' is > 'what this theme defines as general backgroundColor' > It does not mean that self (the morph) is actually using this theme > setting for anything. > > I know, I don't care if the morph itself uses it somewhere or not, I wanted color that _should_ be used as a background, so I can apply it to some part of the morph myself.
it is the general background color (that should be applied *by default* to > all morphs that recognises the background property), as Nicolai pointed. > Yes, that is what I was looking for. I used the self theme backgroundColor and it works for the time being. Peter