diff --git a/wp-admin/custom-background.php b/wp-admin/custom-background.php
index 34fcd019b..5bd996b75 100644
--- a/wp-admin/custom-background.php
+++ b/wp-admin/custom-background.php
@@ -294,8 +294,9 @@ if ( get_background_image() ) {
 <tr valign="top">
 <th scope="row"><?php _e( 'Color' ); ?></th>
 <td><fieldset><legend class="screen-reader-text"><span><?php _e( 'Background Color' ); ?></span></legend>
+<?php $show_clear = get_background_color() ? '' : ' style="display:none"'; ?>
 <input type="text" name="background-color" id="background-color" value="#<?php echo esc_attr(get_background_color()) ?>" />
-<a class="hide-if-no-js" href="#" id="pickcolor"><?php _e('Select a Color'); ?></a>
+<a class="hide-if-no-js" href="#" id="pickcolor"><?php _e('Select a Color'); ?></a> <span <?php echo $show_clear; ?>class="hide-if-no-js" id="clearcolor"> (<a href="#"><?php _e( 'Clear' ); ?></a>)</span>
 <div id="colorPickerDiv" style="z-index: 100; background:#eee; border:1px solid #ccc; position:absolute; display:none;"></div>
 </fieldset></td>
 </tr>
diff --git a/wp-admin/js/custom-background.dev.js b/wp-admin/js/custom-background.dev.js
index 1a46d55d0..b4dbc6657 100644
--- a/wp-admin/js/custom-background.dev.js
+++ b/wp-admin/js/custom-background.dev.js
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ function pickColor(color) {
 	farbtastic.setColor(color);
 	jQuery('#background-color').val(color);
 	jQuery('#custom-background-image').css('background-color', color);
+	if ( color && color !== '#' )
+		jQuery('#clearcolor').show();
+	else
+		jQuery('#clearcolor').hide();
 }
 
 jQuery(document).ready(function() {
@@ -12,6 +16,11 @@ jQuery(document).ready(function() {
 		return false;
 	});
 
+	jQuery('#clearcolor a').click( function(e) {
+		pickColor('');
+		e.preventDefault();
+	});
+
 	jQuery('#background-color').keyup(function() {
 		var _hex = jQuery('#background-color').val(), hex = _hex;
 		if ( hex.charAt(0) != '#' )
diff --git a/wp-admin/js/custom-background.js b/wp-admin/js/custom-background.js
index d7aecbcdd..6cf8851bd 100644
--- a/wp-admin/js/custom-background.js
+++ b/wp-admin/js/custom-background.js
@@ -1 +1 @@
-var farbtastic;function pickColor(a){farbtastic.setColor(a);jQuery("#background-color").val(a);jQuery("#custom-background-image").css("background-color",a)}jQuery(document).ready(function(){jQuery("#pickcolor").click(function(){jQuery("#colorPickerDiv").show();return false});jQuery("#background-color").keyup(function(){var b=jQuery("#background-color").val(),a=b;if(a.charAt(0)!="#"){a="#"+a}a=a.replace(/[^#a-fA-F0-9]+/,"");if(a!=b){jQuery("#background-color").val(a)}if(a.length==4||a.length==7){pickColor(a)}});jQuery('input[name="background-position-x"]').change(function(){jQuery("#custom-background-image").css("background-position",jQuery(this).val()+" top")});jQuery('input[name="background-repeat"]').change(function(){jQuery("#custom-background-image").css("background-repeat",jQuery(this).val())});farbtastic=jQuery.farbtastic("#colorPickerDiv",function(a){pickColor(a)});pickColor(jQuery("#background-color").val());jQuery(document).mousedown(function(){jQuery("#colorPickerDiv").each(function(){var a=jQuery(this).css("display");if(a=="block"){jQuery(this).fadeOut(2)}})})});
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+var farbtastic;function pickColor(a){farbtastic.setColor(a);jQuery("#background-color").val(a);jQuery("#custom-background-image").css("background-color",a);if(a&&a!=="#"){jQuery("#clearcolor").show()}else{jQuery("#clearcolor").hide()}}jQuery(document).ready(function(){jQuery("#pickcolor").click(function(){jQuery("#colorPickerDiv").show();return false});jQuery("#clearcolor a").click(function(a){pickColor("");a.preventDefault()});jQuery("#background-color").keyup(function(){var b=jQuery("#background-color").val(),a=b;if(a.charAt(0)!="#"){a="#"+a}a=a.replace(/[^#a-fA-F0-9]+/,"");if(a!=b){jQuery("#background-color").val(a)}if(a.length==4||a.length==7){pickColor(a)}});jQuery('input[name="background-position-x"]').change(function(){jQuery("#custom-background-image").css("background-position",jQuery(this).val()+" top")});jQuery('input[name="background-repeat"]').change(function(){jQuery("#custom-background-image").css("background-repeat",jQuery(this).val())});farbtastic=jQuery.farbtastic("#colorPickerDiv",function(a){pickColor(a)});pickColor(jQuery("#background-color").val());jQuery(document).mousedown(function(){jQuery("#colorPickerDiv").each(function(){var a=jQuery(this).css("display");if(a=="block"){jQuery(this).fadeOut(2)}})})});
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