# Gradient background not working?

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/gradient-background-not-working/7841
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [August 19, 2021, 3:40pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/gradient-background-not-working/7841 "2021-08-19T15:40:48Z")
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### Author: ![datathing](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@datathing](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/datathing)
#### Post date: [August 19, 2021, 3:40pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/gradient-background-not-working/7841/1 "2021-08-19T15:40:48Z")

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Hi, I have ParaView 5.9.1 and tried to set a background gradient, but the second colour does not seem to be detected (ParaView only renders this is black):  
 ![image](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/default/original/2X/a/a68b2911846fd5571a7a0dca93bf383c9f1a52da.png)

Is this a known bug? Is there a work around?

Thanks!

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### Author: ![cory.quammen](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/cory.quammen/32/11193_2.png) [@cory.quammen](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/cory.quammen)
#### Post date: [August 19, 2021, 5:12pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/gradient-background-not-working/7841/2 "2021-08-19T17:12:41Z")

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I think you ran into this bug, which will be fixed in 5.10: [https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/-/issues/15757](https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/-/issues/15757)

As a workaround, you can change the Background property in the Properties panel under the View section.

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### Author: ![datathing](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@datathing](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/datathing)
#### Post date: [August 19, 2021, 7:07pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/gradient-background-not-working/7841/3 "2021-08-19T19:07:28Z")

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Thanks!