Changing three.js background to transparent or other color

Question

I\'ve been trying to change what seems to be the default background color of my canvas from black to transparent / any other color - but no luck.

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Answer 1

I came across this when I started using three.js as well. It's actually a javascript issue. You currently have:

renderer.setClearColorHex( 0x000000, 1 );

in your threejs init function. Change it to:

renderer.setClearColorHex( 0xffffff, 1 );

Update: Thanks to HdN8 for the updated solution:

renderer.setClearColor( 0xffffff, 0);

Update #2: As pointed out by WestLangley in another, similar question - you must now use the below code when creating a new WebGLRenderer instance in conjunction with the setClearColor() function:

var renderer = new THREE.WebGLRenderer({ alpha: true });

Update #3: Mr.doob points out that since r78 you can alternatively use the code below to set your scene's background colour:

var scene = new THREE.Scene(); // initialising the scene
scene.background = new THREE.Color( 0xff0000 );