diff --git a/node-graph/gcore/src/raster/color.rs b/node-graph/gcore/src/raster/color.rs
index 336ce114df..61487db88f 100644
--- a/node-graph/gcore/src/raster/color.rs
+++ b/node-graph/gcore/src/raster/color.rs
@@ -864,7 +864,7 @@ impl Color {
 	/// ```
 	#[inline(always)]
 	pub fn to_rgba8_srgb(&self) -> [u8; 4] {
-		let gamma = self.to_gamma_srgb().to_gamma_srgb();
+		let gamma = self.to_gamma_srgb();
 		[(gamma.red * 255.) as u8, (gamma.green * 255.) as u8, (gamma.blue * 255.) as u8, (gamma.alpha * 255.) as u8]
 	}
 
diff --git a/node-graph/gstd/src/wasm_application_io.rs b/node-graph/gstd/src/wasm_application_io.rs
index f5e31a713b..a9d6c32635 100644
--- a/node-graph/gstd/src/wasm_application_io.rs
+++ b/node-graph/gstd/src/wasm_application_io.rs
@@ -136,7 +136,11 @@ async fn render_canvas(render_config: RenderConfig, data: impl GraphicElementRen
 	// TODO: Instead of applying the transform here, pass the transform during the translation to avoid the O(Nr cost
 	scene.append(&child, Some(kurbo::Affine::new(footprint.transform.to_cols_array())));
 
-	exec.render_vello_scene(&scene, &surface_handle, footprint.resolution.x, footprint.resolution.y, &context)
+	let mut background = Color::from_rgb8_srgb(0x22, 0x22, 0x22);
+	if !data.contains_artboard() && !render_config.hide_artboards {
+		background = Color::WHITE;
+	}
+	exec.render_vello_scene(&scene, &surface_handle, footprint.resolution.x, footprint.resolution.y, &context, background)
 		.await
 		.expect("Failed to render Vello scene");
 
diff --git a/node-graph/wgpu-executor/src/lib.rs b/node-graph/wgpu-executor/src/lib.rs
index a11d35cff9..0130bfa8a6 100644
--- a/node-graph/wgpu-executor/src/lib.rs
+++ b/node-graph/wgpu-executor/src/lib.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ use dyn_any::{DynAny, StaticType};
 use gpu_executor::{ComputePassDimensions, GPUConstant, StorageBufferOptions, TextureBufferOptions, TextureBufferType, ToStorageBuffer, ToUniformBuffer};
 use graphene_core::application_io::{ApplicationIo, EditorApi, SurfaceHandle};
 use graphene_core::transform::{Footprint, Transform};
-use graphene_core::{Cow, Node, SurfaceFrame, Type};
+use graphene_core::{Color, Cow, Node, SurfaceFrame, Type};
 
 use anyhow::{bail, Result};
 use futures::Future;
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ pub use graphene_core::renderer::RenderContext;
 // }
 
 impl WgpuExecutor {
-	pub async fn render_vello_scene(&self, scene: &Scene, surface: &WgpuSurface, width: u32, height: u32, context: &RenderContext) -> Result<()> {
+	pub async fn render_vello_scene(&self, scene: &Scene, surface: &WgpuSurface, width: u32, height: u32, context: &RenderContext, background: Color) -> Result<()> {
 		let surface = &surface.surface.inner;
 		let surface_caps = surface.get_capabilities(&self.context.adapter);
 		surface.configure(
@@ -151,13 +151,14 @@ impl WgpuExecutor {
 		);
 		let surface_texture = surface.get_current_texture()?;
 
+		let [r, g, b, _] = background.to_rgba8_srgb();
 		let render_params = RenderParams {
 			// We are using an explicit opaque color here to eliminate the alpha premultiplication step
 			// which would be required to support a transparent webgpu canvas
-			base_color: vello::peniko::Color::from_rgba8(0x22, 0x22, 0x22, 0xff),
+			base_color: vello::peniko::Color::from_rgba8(r, g, b, 0xff),
 			width,
 			height,
-			antialiasing_method: AaConfig::Msaa8,
+			antialiasing_method: AaConfig::Msaa16,
 		};
 
 		{