diff --git a/src/file/document/document-background/document-background.spec.ts b/src/file/document/document-background/document-background.spec.ts
index c7d947473d..30b93ea96d 100644
--- a/src/file/document/document-background/document-background.spec.ts
+++ b/src/file/document/document-background/document-background.spec.ts
@@ -6,14 +6,12 @@ import { DocumentBackground } from "./document-background";
 
 describe("DocumentBackground", () => {
     describe("#constructor()", () => {
-        it("should create a DocumentBackground with no options and set color to auto", () => {
+        it("should create a DocumentBackground with no options", () => {
             const documentBackground = new DocumentBackground({});
             const tree = new Formatter().format(documentBackground);
             expect(tree).to.deep.equal({
                 "w:background": {
-                    _attr: {
-                        "w:color": "FFFFFF",
-                    },
+                    _attr: {},
                 },
             });
         });
diff --git a/src/file/document/document-background/document-background.ts b/src/file/document/document-background/document-background.ts
index bbda932882..578cc7f137 100644
--- a/src/file/document/document-background/document-background.ts
+++ b/src/file/document/document-background/document-background.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import { XmlAttributeComponent, XmlComponent } from "file/xml-components";
 // </xsd:simpleType>
 
 export class DocumentBackgroundAttributes extends XmlAttributeComponent<{
-    readonly color: string;
+    readonly color?: string;
     readonly themeColor?: string;
     readonly themeShade?: string;
     readonly themeTint?: string;
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ export class DocumentBackground extends XmlComponent {
 
         this.root.push(
             new DocumentBackgroundAttributes({
-                color: hexColorValue(options.color ? options.color : "FFFFFF"),
+                color: options.color === undefined ? undefined : hexColorValue(options.color),
                 themeColor: options.themeColor,
                 themeShade: options.themeShade === undefined ? undefined : uCharHexNumber(options.themeShade),
                 themeTint: options.themeTint === undefined ? undefined : uCharHexNumber(options.themeTint),
diff --git a/src/file/document/document.spec.ts b/src/file/document/document.spec.ts
index d903ff78aa..f6137bde70 100644
--- a/src/file/document/document.spec.ts
+++ b/src/file/document/document.spec.ts
@@ -40,9 +40,7 @@ describe("Document", () => {
                     },
                     {
                         "w:background": {
-                            _attr: {
-                                "w:color": "FFFFFF",
-                            },
+                            _attr: {},
                         },
                     },
                     { "w:body": {} },