Hello, is this tip up to date? In SkinStudio 6.4 (on XP Pro SP3) I don't see any "Misc" or "Miscellaneous".  I had to change the desktop color by going to "Change skin colours" > "Edit Colours", select "Show me the skin defined system colours" from the dropdown list, find "Desktop Background" and change the desktop color from there.

By the way, is there an option in WindowBlinds to override or ignore the skin's Desktop Background color? I couldn't find it. If not, I have to say it's really absurd to actually pay for a product like WindowBlinds and lose the ability to control something as basic as desktop color. I purchased Object Desktop so I'm fortunate to have SkinStudio, but it's still disappointing that lack of this basic option in WindowBlinds forces customers to modify skins for something that can be done so easily in Windows before installing WindowBlinds.

1) Open up your Windowblinds settings main window (I am using a purchased ver 6.01 btw.)

2) On the main 'Look & Feel' tab, click the 'Colours' tab. 

3) On the bottom right of the desktop image shown in the 'Colours' tab is a link to 'Change system colours...'  Click this and a window pops up allowing you to change different system colours for that specific skin. 

4) Click the fourth one in the list (background) then click the 'Change colour...' button on the bottom left of the little window.  Another window pops up allowing you to choose a colour. 

5) Once done, close the two little windows and make sure you 'Apply Changes' in the main window before closing.

I just did this and it works fine.

Certain functions of SkinStudio appear to have also been incorporated into WBConfig - nice.  I had missed that.