Index: lightbox.js
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--- lightbox.js (revision 32)
+++ lightbox.js (working copy)
@@ -215,12 +215,12 @@
 
         if ((imageLink.rel == 'lightbox')){
             // if image is NOT part of a set, add single image to imageArray
-            this.imageArray.push([imageLink.href, imageLink.title]);         
+            this.imageArray.push([imageLink.href, imageLink.title, imageLink.style.backgroundColor]); 
         } else {
             // if image is part of a set..
             this.imageArray = 
                 $$(imageLink.tagName + '[href][rel="' + imageLink.rel + '"]').
-                collect(function(anchor){ return [anchor.href, anchor.title]; }).
+                collect(function(anchor){ return [anchor.href, anchor.title, anchor.style.backgroundColor]; }).
                 uniq();
             
             while (this.imageArray[imageNum][0] != imageLink.href) { imageNum++; }
@@ -261,6 +261,7 @@
         imgPreloader.onload = (function(){
             this.lightboxImage.src = this.imageArray[this.activeImage][0];
             this.resizeImageContainer(imgPreloader.width, imgPreloader.height);
+            this.overlay.style.backgroundColor = this.imageArray[this.activeImage][2];
         }).bind(this);
         imgPreloader.src = this.imageArray[this.activeImage][0];
     },
@@ -494,4 +495,4 @@
        }
 }