Can't Change Background Color

The area of the screen outside of the editing area of Image Ready used to be a light gray color. This would make it easy for me to see where the editing area ends because there would be a black line then the non-editing area space begins. Now it is all black and I don't know how to change it. I have tried everything. PLEASE HELP ME!

have you chnaged your windows style? that can sometimes make it differ, i have windowsblinds and i know for a fact that the bg color changes each time i choose a differnt style. . .

Select the paintbucket, choose your colour (50% grey recommended here) and shift click the outside area.

NOT 50% Gray.
R = 192
G = 192
B = 192

...actually 75% Gray

Why not 50% ? (just out of curiosity) - I was thinking along the step wedge principal and about having a neutral colour(!) to view work against. Is the default the 75% you mention, or have I made a schoolboy or laughable mistake? ;) (like 50% grey is 25% black)

Best I stop before I confuse myself further :confused:

The original Photoshop (neé BarneyScan) authors put a lot of thought into that color, and it has something to do with not overloadinng the retina's light-intensity receptors, thereby avoiding straining one's color perception. Photographers and vision specialists were consulted when they were making the decision.

50% gray is too bright. 75% gray is just right., and that is the default color as Photoshop ships from Adobe.

192 divided by 256 (number of possible levels in each channel for an 8-bit image) equals 75%

Quality explanation - damn those techies ;) cheers.