diff --git a/clientgui/SkinManager.cpp b/clientgui/SkinManager.cpp
index badfcafc8f..66d3dc487f 100644
--- a/clientgui/SkinManager.cpp
+++ b/clientgui/SkinManager.cpp
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@ bool CSkinSimple::InitializeDelayedValidation() {
         wxT("background"), (const char**)background_image_xpm, wxT("211:211:211")
     );
     m_DialogBackgroundImage.SetDefaults(
-        wxT("dialog background"), (const char**)dialog_background_image_xpm, wxT("211:211:211")
+        wxT("dialog background"), (const char**)dialog_background_image_xpm, wxT("255:255:255")
     );
     m_ProjectImage.SetDefaults(
         wxT("project"), (const char**)project_image_xpm
diff --git a/clientgui/res/skins/default/graphic/dialog_background_image.xpm b/clientgui/res/skins/default/graphic/dialog_background_image.xpm
index 29d6c76109..f1fecf919f 100644
--- a/clientgui/res/skins/default/graphic/dialog_background_image.xpm
+++ b/clientgui/res/skins/default/graphic/dialog_background_image.xpm
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 static const char *dialog_background_image_xpm[] = {
 /* columns rows colors chars-per-pixel */
 "1 1 1 1",
-"  c #D3D3D3",
+"  c #FFFFFF",
 /* pixels */
 " "
 };