diff --git a/AppKit/CPCollectionView.j b/AppKit/CPCollectionView.j
index c49b8c282..8a896d29d 100644
--- a/AppKit/CPCollectionView.j
+++ b/AppKit/CPCollectionView.j
@@ -76,7 +76,9 @@
     
     CGSize                  _minItemSize;
     CGSize                  _maxItemSize;
-    
+
+    CPArray                 _backgroundColors;
+
     float                   _tileWidth;
     
     BOOL                    _isSelectable;
@@ -111,7 +113,9 @@
         _itemSize = CGSizeMakeZero();
         _minItemSize = CGSizeMakeZero();
         _maxItemSize = CGSizeMakeZero();
-        
+
+        [self setBackgroundColors:nil];
+
         _verticalMargin = 5.0;
         _tileWidth = -1.0;
         
@@ -530,6 +534,30 @@
     return _maxItemSize;
 }
 
+- (void)setBackgroundColors:(CPArray)backgroundColors
+{
+    if (_backgroundColors === backgroundColors)
+        return;
+
+    _backgroundColors = backgroundColors;
+
+    if (!_backgroundColors)
+        _backgroundColors = [CPColor whiteColor];
+
+    if ([_backgroundColors count] === 1)
+        [self setBackgroundColor:_backgroundColors[0]];
+
+    else
+        [self setBackgroundColor:nil];
+
+    [self setNeedsDisplay:YES];
+}
+
+- (CPArray)backgroundColors
+{
+    return _backgroundColors;
+}
+
 - (void)mouseUp:(CPEvent)anEvent
 {
     if ([_selectionIndexes count] && [anEvent clickCount] == 2 && [_delegate respondsToSelector:@selector(collectionView:didDoubleClickOnItemAtIndex:)])
@@ -731,7 +759,8 @@
 
 var CPCollectionViewMinItemSizeKey      = @"CPCollectionViewMinItemSizeKey",
     CPCollectionViewMaxItemSizeKey      = @"CPCollectionViewMaxItemSizeKey",
-    CPCollectionViewVerticalMarginKey   = @"CPCollectionViewVerticalMarginKey";
+    CPCollectionViewVerticalMarginKey   = @"CPCollectionViewVerticalMarginKey",
+    CPCollectionViewBackgroundColorsKey = @"CPCollectionViewBackgroundColorsKey";
 
 
 @implementation CPCollectionView (CPCoding)
@@ -752,6 +781,8 @@ var CPCollectionViewMinItemSizeKey      = @"CPCollectionViewMinItemSizeKey",
         _minItemSize = [aCoder decodeSizeForKey:CPCollectionViewMinItemSizeKey] || CGSizeMakeZero();
         _maxItemSize = [aCoder decodeSizeForKey:CPCollectionViewMaxItemSizeKey] || CGSizeMakeZero();
         _verticalMargin = [aCoder decodeFloatForKey:CPCollectionViewVerticalMarginKey];
+
+        [self setBackgroundColors:[aCoder decodeObjectForKey:CPCollectionViewBackgroundColorsKey]];
           
         _tileWidth = -1.0;
 
@@ -775,6 +806,8 @@ var CPCollectionViewMinItemSizeKey      = @"CPCollectionViewMinItemSizeKey",
       [aCoder encodeSize:_maxItemSize forKey:CPCollectionViewMaxItemSizeKey];
 
     [aCoder encodeFloat:_verticalMargin forKey:CPCollectionViewVerticalMarginKey];
+
+    [aCoder encodeObject:_backgroundColors forKey:CPCollectionViewBackgroundColorsKey];
 }
 
 @end
diff --git a/Tools/nib2cib/NSCollectionView.j b/Tools/nib2cib/NSCollectionView.j
index bb0ef9091..809da77ef 100644
--- a/Tools/nib2cib/NSCollectionView.j
+++ b/Tools/nib2cib/NSCollectionView.j
@@ -43,7 +43,9 @@
         
     if (self = [super NS_initWithCoder:aCoder])
     {
-        _maxNumberOfRows    = [aCoder decodeIntForKey:@"NSMaxNumberOfGridRows"];
+        _backgroundColors = [aCoder decodeObjectForKey:@"NSBackgroundColors"];
+
+        _maxNumberOfRows = [aCoder decodeIntForKey:@"NSMaxNumberOfGridRows"];
         _maxNumberOfColumns = [aCoder decodeIntForKey:@"NSMaxNumberOfGridColumns"];
         
         _isSelectable             = [aCoder decodeBoolForKey:@"NSSelectable"];
diff --git a/Tools/nib2cib/NSColor.j b/Tools/nib2cib/NSColor.j
index 1a04c9cf1..454252a59 100644
--- a/Tools/nib2cib/NSColor.j
+++ b/Tools/nib2cib/NSColor.j
@@ -98,8 +98,13 @@ var NSUnknownColorSpaceModel    = -1,
             {
                 var //display = [NSDisplay currentDisplay],
                     result = null;//[display colorWithName: colorName];
+
                 if (colorName === @"controlColor")
-                    color = nil;
+                    result = nil;
+
+                else if (colorName === @"controlBackgroundColor")
+                    result = [CPColor whiteColor];
+
                 else if (!result)
                 {
                     result = color;