# Perspective Table component background color

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**Created:** [October 12, 2020, 10:42am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-table-component-background-color/39591 "2020-10-12T10:42:30Z")\
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@ott.sellis, the styles that you'd want to override are internal to the table. You'd need to create a custom theme to completely remove those styles:

> [@Perspective: Set background colour of Table?](http://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-set-background-colour-of-table/38928/2):
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> @nminchin, those styles can’t be reached with the styling that we expose through component properties, but it’s still doable. You’ll need to get into custom theming for that level of control. These style overrides should get you there: .ia\_table .ia\_table\_\_cell .content { padding: 0px; } .ia\_table\_body { background-color: transparent; } .ia\_table.ia\_container--secondary { background-color: transparent; } Because these are the internals of the component, they are subject to cha…

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