How to Change the artboard background color in Photoshop CC 2015

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How to Change the artboard background color in Photoshop CC 2015

[Atul_Saini]

Moving the discussion to Photoshop General Discussion

[Norman Sanders]

To change the color  of the area around the image, Right click on it and make a choice from the menu that appears.

[Erwin1972]

‌I also have trouble changing the art board background colors. Tried changing it but background stays white.

[swrutherford]

Is there a way to set a default value for the artboard color so I do not have to choose my favorite (dark gray) every time I create a new file?

[Diarmid Langley]

Perfect, thanks!

[Jocylin5FD7]

Thank you so much, the solution was surprisngly simple and it took me a good 15 trying to figure it out! *facepalm*

[Aaron_Johns]

Wondering this too. No matter what bg colour I select, everything stays white and I can't actually see the edges of the artboards...

[Nico06]

I get the same result on my iMac late 2009. It seams to be an error with graphic cards that have less then 512MB VRAM. On my MacBook everything works fine. I hope Adobe will fix this.

[Erwin1972]

If this is the problem (got an MBP early 2009), then indeed I hope Adobe fixes this a.s.a.p.

[Erwin1972 · Accepted solution]

Just tried changing these settings:

Preferences -> Performance -> Graphics Processor Settings -> Advanced Settings... The change drawing mode to 'Normal' (mine was 'Basic'). Suddenly I'm able to change the background.

Hopes this works for all of you too.

[Nico06]

It works for me too. Thx

[danielgolden]

This solved my issue. Thank you!!

[fapiress]

It solved to me too!

[kevhealy]

Worked a treat. Thanks!

[wasomeone]

Yes, worked for me, too. Thank you SO much for posting that.

[PapTap]

ITS MAGIC! thanks

[soapm333]

That does not work for me. Any other ideas?

[soapm333]

Apparently, you cannot change the background color if you're in CMYK. At least that's what my machine is doing.

[Printscape]

THANK YOU. This was driving me nuts. This fixed my problem too, switching to RGB. Although I'm really really salty that that means I can't use multiple artboards in CMYK....seems a little silly to me....they're not only useful for web design projects....

[Ivan2]

Thank you so much for CMYK to RGB recommendation! Totally fixed--able to change pasteboard color now!!

[chazdesimone]

Well that sucks (Photoshop not you)...

Thanks, working in RGB now and got my "Borco Board" back. I read that most RIPs for commercial printing now recognize RGB and automatically convert it to CMYK, so creating artwork in RGB is really the most efficient way to go; preserves full gamut. I'll use CMYK setting in View to preview my work.

[vicky82]

had the same problem, nothing worked. i always had a colored stripe on the artboard but not a colored whole background. then accidentally i pulled my fingers together on the touchpad, same when u are zooming, it colored all... maybe works for u too

[sararu]

mine too... WHY ON EARTH would Adobe do that?!

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Finally, solved it thanx Erwin1972