Changing my finder background doesn't work

When I try to change my background options, it doesn't allow me too, any solutions so that I can make it possible to change my finder background?

Hi,
You mean doing this in iCon View ?
It can of course be a colour
As has been said it does not translate to the other views or to Search results (which is what "all my Files" is).
EDIT
Also the pic does not "tile" and has to be very big if you are going to want it as the background during a Scroll.
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