# Change tilemap background color

**URL:** <https://discourse.mapeditor.org/t/change-tilemap-background-color/6116>\
**Category:** Questions\
**Created:** [April 12, 2023, 4:17pm UTC](https://discourse.mapeditor.org/t/change-tilemap-background-color/6116 "2023-04-12T16:17:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![The\_Mnk](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.mapeditor.org/the_mnk/32/2274_2.png) [@The\_Mnk](https://discourse.mapeditor.org/u/The_Mnk)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2023, 4:17pm UTC](https://discourse.mapeditor.org/t/change-tilemap-background-color/6116/1 "2023-04-12T16:17:18Z")

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Hello, I want to change the background color.  
For this I set the color yellow for one layer but the background color is still black.

How do you change the background color of the tilemap (not the tileset)?

 ![Captura](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/uploads/mapeditor/original/2X/b/b8cf6eb75522bc8a307a6279bd25365782fa4097.png)

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**Author:** ![eishiya](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.mapeditor.org/eishiya/32/2534_2.png) [@eishiya](https://discourse.mapeditor.org/u/eishiya)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2023, 4:23pm UTC](https://discourse.mapeditor.org/t/change-tilemap-background-color/6116/2 "2023-04-12T16:23:47Z")

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You’re changing the **layer tint color** , which is the colour by which tiles in layers are _tinted_ - you almost always want to leave this at the default, as this colourises your tiles! This is **not** a background colour.

Open the Map Properties via Map \> Map Properties, and set the Background Color there.

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**Author:** ![The\_Mnk](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.mapeditor.org/the_mnk/32/2274_2.png) [@The\_Mnk](https://discourse.mapeditor.org/u/The_Mnk)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2023, 4:33pm UTC](https://discourse.mapeditor.org/t/change-tilemap-background-color/6116/3 "2023-04-12T16:33:05Z")

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Thanks so much!.