On my new MacBook Pro (OS 10.8.5) I can set the background color of my Finder windows (as I have been able to do for years with previous OSs.) However, if I then “clean up” or “arrange by” any of the parameters (name, kind, date, size, etc.), the window background color goes to white and cannot be brought back to the color I want (the Background section of the command-J window becomes non-functional. The only way I can go back to the color I desire is to transfer the contents of the finder window to another window, delete the contents of the original window, change the color of the now-empty window and then copy the original contents back to the original window. However, if I later want to arrange or sort/clean up the contents (as often happens), the window background goes to white again and I have to go through the entire process all over again. Is there a way to stop this unwanted change of color? (It happens even when I designate the desired configuration as “Default.”)