Michael Moser wrote:
If there is a better suited forum/newsgroup for MS paint: please
advise!

I am trying to generate a few icons using MS-Paint. The icons'
background should be "transparent", i.e. not cover the underlying
content. What color *is* "transparent"? And can one use MS Paint to
fill an images background with that color?

All icons I created so far, have a white background (or whatever I
choose as the image's background color) but not transparent.

Michael

I don't believe Paint can handle transparency. There is no "color".
When an area is transparent, you see thru it to whatever it behind it.
Also only .gif & .png formats support transparancy.