diff --git a/Imagine/Filter/Loader/BackgroundFilterLoader.php b/Imagine/Filter/Loader/BackgroundFilterLoader.php
index 0e1df3a73..0febadd33 100644
--- a/Imagine/Filter/Loader/BackgroundFilterLoader.php
+++ b/Imagine/Filter/Loader/BackgroundFilterLoader.php
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 namespace Liip\ImagineBundle\Imagine\Filter\Loader;
 
 use Imagine\Image\Box;
+use Imagine\Image\Color;
 use Imagine\Image\ImageInterface;
 use Imagine\Image\ImagineInterface;
 use Imagine\Image\Point;
@@ -24,9 +25,9 @@ public function __construct(ImagineInterface $imagine)
      */
     public function load(ImageInterface $image, array $options = array())
     {
-        $background = $image->palette()->color(
+        $background = new Color(
             isset($options['color']) ? $options['color'] : '#fff',
-            isset($options['transparency']) ? $options['transparency'] : null
+            isset($options['transparency']) ? $options['transparency'] : 0
         );
         $topLeft = new Point(0, 0);
         $size = $image->getSize();