Can I get Desktop background to be plain white or black?

I'm sure this is already in the forum(s) somewhere, but my searches haven't found exactly what I'm looking for. Is there a way to have my Desktop color just plain black (as I can do in Windows?). The "Solid Colors" in the Prefs doesn't seem to have it. I did figure out how to get white-- kind of stupid the way they have the white square "hidden" in the set of color boxes, though! But I'd like to just get a black background. I'm not afraid of using the terminal if that would do it. Thanks in advance.

You could do this to add black to your choices:
1. Navigate to "/Library/Desktop Pictures/Solid Colors"
2. Double click the Solid Gray Dark.png file to open it in Preview
3. From Tools select Image Correct and drag the Exposure all the way to the left so that the image becomes black
4. Go File menu Save As and rename the file Sold Black and click the Save button
When you open System Prefs Desktop you will now have Solid Black as one of the choices.
If you have an image editing program you can add any color your little heart desires. Just create a 128x128 file, fill it with the color of your choice, then save it to the above folder as a png file.
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I just tried the top from Linc Davis and it didn't work for me. I have a MBP bought in may 2010 i Sweden which is where I live.
After upgrading today to 10.6.7 I notice the desktop background is replaced by a completely white background. Quoting vr8ce since this is the same for me: "It displays them in System Pref with no problem, and it doesn't give an error when choosing, it just doesn't change the desktop background." Unlike vr8ce, it was not happening in 10.6.6 for me. And unlike vr8ce my background is not blue but white.
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This problem is similar to Linc Davis problem solved in this thread: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2795229
In that thread I write: "I tried the [] from Linc Davis and it didn't work for me. I have a MBP bought in may 2010 i Sweden which is where I live. " When I never got replies I figured it was because Lincs thread was marked as solved (green text). So I created my own discussion (this thread).
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