diff --git a/public/i18n/en_US.json b/public/i18n/en_US.json
index a282081..aa868b1 100644
--- a/public/i18n/en_US.json
+++ b/public/i18n/en_US.json
@@ -8,13 +8,25 @@
   "drawing": "Drawing",
   "settings": {
     "name": "js-draw Plugin Settings",
+    "suggestedColors":{
+      "white": "White",
+      "black": "Black",
+      "transparent": "Transparent",
+      "custom": "Custom",
+      "darkBlue": "Dark Blue",
+      "darkGray": "Dark Gray"
+    },
     "grid": {
       "title": "Enable grid by default",
       "description": "Enable to automatically turn on the grid on new drawings."
     },
+    "backgroundDropdown":{
+      "title": "Background color",
+      "description": "Default background color for new drawings."
+    },
     "background": {
-      "title": "Default background Color",
-      "description": "Default background color for new drawings, in hexadecimal."
+      "title": "Custom background",
+      "description": "Hexadecimal code of the custom background color for new drawings.<br /><b>This setting is only applied if \"Background Color\" is set to \"Custom\"!</b>"
     },
     "dialogOnDesktop": {
       "title": "Open editor as dialog on desktop",
diff --git a/src/config.ts b/src/config.ts
index 59842eb..dd1c3ea 100644
--- a/src/config.ts
+++ b/src/config.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import {PluginFile} from "@/file";
 import {CONFIG_FILENAME, JSON_MIME, STORAGE_PATH} from "@/const";
 import {Plugin, showMessage} from "siyuan";
 import {SettingUtils} from "@/libs/setting-utils";
-import {validateColor} from "@/helper";
 
 type Options = {
     grid: boolean
@@ -48,7 +47,7 @@ export class PluginConfig {
     private loadDefaultConfig() {
         this.options = {
             grid: true,
-            background: "#000000",
+            background: "#00000000",
             dialogOnDesktop: false,
             analytics: true,
         };
@@ -61,10 +60,16 @@ export class PluginConfig {
     }
 
     setConfig(config: Options) {
-
         this.options = config;
     }
 
+    static validateColor(hex: string) {
+        hex = hex.replace('#', '');
+        return typeof hex === 'string'
+            && (hex.length === 6 || hex.length === 8)
+            && !isNaN(Number('0x' + hex))
+    }
+
 }
 
 export class PluginConfigViewer {
@@ -72,23 +77,34 @@ export class PluginConfigViewer {
     config: PluginConfig;
     settingUtils: SettingUtils;
     plugin: Plugin;
+    private readonly backgroundDropdownOptions;
 
     constructor(config: PluginConfig, plugin: Plugin) {
         this.config = config;
         this.plugin = plugin;
+        this.backgroundDropdownOptions = {
+            '#00000000': plugin.i18n.settings.suggestedColors.transparent,
+            'CUSTOM': plugin.i18n.settings.suggestedColors.custom,
+            '#ffffff': plugin.i18n.settings.suggestedColors.white,
+            '#1e2227': plugin.i18n.settings.suggestedColors.darkBlue,
+            '#1e1e1e': plugin.i18n.settings.suggestedColors.darkGray,
+            '#000000': plugin.i18n.settings.suggestedColors.black,
+        }
         this.populateSettingMenu();
     }
 
     async configSaveCallback(data) {
 
-        if(!validateColor(data.background)) {
+        let color = data.backgroundDropdown === "CUSTOM" ? data.background : data.backgroundDropdown;
+        if(!PluginConfig.validateColor(color)) {
             showMessage(this.plugin.i18n.errInvalidBackgroundColor, 0, 'error');
             data.background = this.config.options.background;
             this.settingUtils.set('background', data.background);
         }
+
         this.config.setConfig({
             grid: data.grid,
-            background: data.background,
+            background: color,
             dialogOnDesktop: data.dialogOnDesktop,
             analytics: data.analytics,
         });
@@ -100,7 +116,7 @@ export class PluginConfigViewer {
 
         this.settingUtils = new SettingUtils({
             plugin: this.plugin,
-            name: this.plugin.i18n.settings.name,
+            name: 'optionsUI',
             callback: async (data) => {
                 await this.configSaveCallback(data);
             }
@@ -114,12 +130,22 @@ export class PluginConfigViewer {
             type: 'checkbox'
         });
 
+        this.settingUtils.addItem({
+            key: 'backgroundDropdown',
+            title: this.plugin.i18n.settings.backgroundDropdown.title,
+            description: this.plugin.i18n.settings.backgroundDropdown.description,
+            type: 'select',
+            value:  this.config.options.background in this.backgroundDropdownOptions ?
+                this.config.options.background : 'CUSTOM',
+            options: this.backgroundDropdownOptions,
+        });
+
         this.settingUtils.addItem({
             key: "background",
             title: this.plugin.i18n.settings.background.title,
             description: this.plugin.i18n.settings.background.description,
             value: this.config.options.background,
-            type: 'textarea',
+            type: 'textinput',
         });
 
         this.settingUtils.addItem({
diff --git a/src/editor.ts b/src/editor.ts
index ca4914b..804a1e1 100644
--- a/src/editor.ts
+++ b/src/editor.ts
@@ -80,6 +80,11 @@ export class PluginEditor {
 
         const toolbar = this.editor.addToolbar();
 
+        // save button
+        const saveButton = toolbar.addSaveButton(async () => {
+            await this.saveCallback(saveButton);
+        });
+
         // restore toolbarFile state
         this.toolbarFile = new PluginFile(STORAGE_PATH, TOOLBAR_FILENAME, JSON_MIME);
         await this.toolbarFile.loadFromSiYuanFS();
@@ -87,11 +92,6 @@ export class PluginEditor {
             toolbar.deserializeState(this.toolbarFile.getContent());
         }
 
-        // save button
-        const saveButton = toolbar.addSaveButton(async () => {
-            await this.saveCallback(saveButton);
-        });
-
         // save toolbar config on tool change (toolbar state is not saved in SVGs!)
         this.editor.notifier.on(EditorEventType.ToolUpdated, () => {
             this.toolbarFile.setContent(toolbar.serializeState());
diff --git a/src/helper.ts b/src/helper.ts
index 5a08636..22c3e8c 100644
--- a/src/helper.ts
+++ b/src/helper.ts
@@ -105,11 +105,4 @@ export function imgSrcToIDs(imgSrc: string | null): { fileID: string; syncID: st
 
     return assetPathToIDs(imgSrc);
 
-}
-
-export function validateColor(hex: string) {
-    hex = hex.replace('#', '');
-    return typeof hex === 'string'
-        && hex.length === 6
-        && !isNaN(Number('0x' + hex))
 }
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