diff --git a/include/Milsko/Core.h b/include/Milsko/Core.h
index 3d009ed..a82f5dc 100644
--- a/include/Milsko/Core.h
+++ b/include/Milsko/Core.h
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 #include <Milsko/MachDep.h>
 #include <Milsko/TypeDefs.h>
+#include <Milsko/LowLevel.h>
 
 MILSKODECL MilskoWidget MilskoCreateWidget(MilskoClass class, const char* name, MilskoWidget parent, int x, int y, unsigned int width, unsigned int height);
 MILSKODECL void		MilskoDestroyWidget(MilskoWidget handle);
@@ -12,6 +13,8 @@ MILSKODECL void MilskoLoop(MilskoWidget handle);
 MILSKODECL void MilskoStep(MilskoWidget handle);
 MILSKODECL int	MilskoPending(MilskoWidget handle);
 
+MILSKODECL MilskoLLColor MilskoParseColor(MilskoWidget handle, const char* text);
+
 MILSKODECL void	       MilskoSetInteger(MilskoWidget handle, const char* key, int n);
 MILSKODECL void	       MilskoSetText(MilskoWidget handle, const char* key, const char* value);
 MILSKODECL int	       MilskoGetInteger(MilskoWidget handle, const char* key);
diff --git a/include/Milsko/Default.h b/include/Milsko/Default.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..501458d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/Milsko/Default.h
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+/* $Id$ */
+#ifndef __MILSKO_DEFAULT_H__
+#define __MILSKO_DEFAULT_H__
+
+#define MILSKO_BACKGROUND "#ddd"
+
+#endif
diff --git a/include/Milsko/Milsko.h b/include/Milsko/Milsko.h
index c123572..d31f7d1 100644
--- a/include/Milsko/Milsko.h
+++ b/include/Milsko/Milsko.h
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include <Milsko/StringDefs.h>
 #include <Milsko/TypeDefs.h>
 #include <Milsko/Core.h>
+#include <Milsko/Default.h>
 
 #include <Milsko/Window.h>
 
diff --git a/include/Milsko/StringDefs.h b/include/Milsko/StringDefs.h
index b2c5ec8..2ef6562 100644
--- a/include/Milsko/StringDefs.h
+++ b/include/Milsko/StringDefs.h
@@ -8,5 +8,6 @@
 #define MilskoNheight "Iheight"
 
 #define MilskoNtitle "Stitle"
+#define MilskoNbackground "Sbackground"
 
 #endif
diff --git a/include/Milsko/TypeDefs.h b/include/Milsko/TypeDefs.h
index afb0ecb..04c79f8 100644
--- a/include/Milsko/TypeDefs.h
+++ b/include/Milsko/TypeDefs.h
@@ -56,6 +56,9 @@ typedef struct _MilskoClass {
 	MilskoHandler destroy;
 	MilskoHandler draw;
 	MilskoHandler click;
+
+	MilskoTextKeyValue*    text;
+	MilskoIntegerKeyValue* integer;
 } *MilskoClass, MilskoClassRec;
 
 #endif
diff --git a/src/core.c b/src/core.c
index b2d2635..869b6cf 100644
--- a/src/core.c
+++ b/src/core.c
@@ -162,3 +162,44 @@ void MilskoApply(MilskoWidget handle, ...) {
 	}
 	va_end(va);
 }
+
+static int hex(const char* txt, int len) {
+	int i;
+	int r = 0;
+	for(i = 0; i < len; i++) {
+		char c = txt[i];
+		int  n = 0;
+		if('a' <= c && c <= 'f') {
+			n = c - 'a' + 10;
+		} else if('A' <= c && c <= 'F') {
+			n = c - 'A' + 10;
+		} else if('0' <= c && c <= '9') {
+			n = c - '0';
+		}
+		r = r << 4;
+		r |= n;
+	}
+	return r;
+}
+
+MilskoLLColor MilskoParseColor(MilskoWidget handle, const char* text) {
+	int r = 0;
+	int g = 0;
+	int b = 0;
+
+	if(text[0] == '#' && strlen(text) == 4) {
+		r = hex(text + 1, 1);
+		g = hex(text + 2, 1);
+		b = hex(text + 3, 1);
+
+		r |= r << 4;
+		g |= g << 4;
+		b |= b << 4;
+	} else if(text[0] == '#' && strlen(text) == 7) {
+		r = hex(text + 1, 2);
+		g = hex(text + 3, 2);
+		b = hex(text + 5, 2);
+	}
+
+	return MilskoLLAllocColor(handle->lowlevel, r, g, b);
+}
diff --git a/src/window.c b/src/window.c
index f10e3a8..10d6e24 100644
--- a/src/window.c
+++ b/src/window.c
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
 /* $Id$ */
 #include <Milsko/Milsko.h>
 
+static void create(MilskoWidget handle) {
+	MilskoSetText(handle, MilskoNbackground, MILSKO_BACKGROUND);
+}
+
 static void draw(MilskoWidget handle) {
-	MilskoLLColor c = MilskoLLAllocColor(handle->lowlevel, 255, 0, 0);
+	MilskoLLColor c = MilskoParseColor(handle, MilskoGetText(handle, MilskoNbackground));
 	MilskoPoint   p[4];
 
 	p[0].x = 0;
@@ -23,10 +27,10 @@ static void draw(MilskoWidget handle) {
 }
 
 MilskoClassRec MilskoWindowClassRec = {
-    NULL, /* opaque */
-    NULL, /* create */
-    NULL, /* destroy */
-    draw, /* draw */
-    NULL  /* click */
+    NULL,   /* opaque */
+    create, /* create */
+    NULL,   /* destroy */
+    draw,   /* draw */
+    NULL    /* click */
 };
 MilskoClass MilskoWindowClass = &MilskoWindowClassRec;