diff --git a/panels/clock/script.js b/panels/clock/script.js
index bb536ae453363e268395199b2e87b5538da1b3c4..f5f8f26da2e5bf9d2da847880be0d00d406bcbd2 100755
--- a/panels/clock/script.js
+++ b/panels/clock/script.js
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ this.loaded = function(panel, config) {
 			dbgc			= null,
 			afgc			= analClock ? analClock.getContext("2d") : null,
 			abgc			= null,
-			bgColor			= "#080808",
+			bgColor			= panel.css("background-color"),
 			sdColor			= "#111",
 			icColor			= "#FFF",
 			date			= new Date(),
diff --git a/panels/scrollbar/script.js b/panels/scrollbar/script.js
index 960d01301b37044a40182d41408f7866a2a068f4..59a2fe388c46fdcdd691ed7d844377548902160f 100755
--- a/panels/scrollbar/script.js
+++ b/panels/scrollbar/script.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ this.loaded = function(panel, config) {
 	function CanvasMarquee() {
 		var
 			me = this,
-			bgColor		= "black",
+			bgColor		= panel.css("background-color"),
 			fgColor		= "yellow",
 			font		= "vrr",
 			baseline	= 0.7,