Background, why is it not clear?

[paulwynn]

Sorry if this has been posted somewhere. I did a couple different searches
and read through a couple of threads, but still couldn't find the exact cause
or fix for my problem...

Every time I set a background in 'Today' it comes out gray-ish. I'm not sure if
it's the background or the 'Today elements' but I can't find anything that says
something like 'transparent.' Is there a setting in HTC Customizer or in Today
that I'm missing?

This is what it looks like: