diff --git a/Sources/Pages/ModelPages.swift b/Sources/Pages/ModelPages.swift
index 78981e8..622ba58 100644
--- a/Sources/Pages/ModelPages.swift
+++ b/Sources/Pages/ModelPages.swift
@@ -109,7 +109,9 @@ public struct ModelPages<Data, Content>: View where Data: RandomAccessCollection
                 bounce: bounce,
                 wrap: wrap,
                 controllers: (0..<items.count).map { i in
-                    UIHostingController(rootView: template(i, items[i]))
+                    let h = UIHostingController(rootView: template(i, items[i]))
+                    h.view.backgroundColor = .clear
+                    return h
                 }
             )
             if self.hasControl {
diff --git a/Sources/Pages/PageViewController.swift b/Sources/Pages/PageViewController.swift
index d394821..c98c1c0 100644
--- a/Sources/Pages/PageViewController.swift
+++ b/Sources/Pages/PageViewController.swift
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ struct PageViewController: UIViewControllerRepresentable {
         )
         pageViewController.dataSource = context.coordinator
         pageViewController.delegate = context.coordinator
-        //pageViewController.view.backgroundColor = .clear
+        pageViewController.view.backgroundColor = .clear
 
         for view in pageViewController.view.subviews {
             if let scrollView = view as? UIScrollView {
diff --git a/Sources/Pages/Pages.swift b/Sources/Pages/Pages.swift
index e6af1ca..50c922a 100644
--- a/Sources/Pages/Pages.swift
+++ b/Sources/Pages/Pages.swift
@@ -101,7 +101,9 @@ public struct Pages: View {
                 bounce: bounce,
                 wrap: wrap,
                 controllers: pages.map {
-                    UIHostingController(rootView: $0)
+                    let h = UIHostingController(rootView: $0)
+                    h.view.backgroundColor = .clear
+                    return h
                 }
             )
             if self.hasControl {