diff --git a/frontend/app/tab/tab.tsx b/frontend/app/tab/tab.tsx
index 03664f01f..75915e0dc 100644
--- a/frontend/app/tab/tab.tsx
+++ b/frontend/app/tab/tab.tsx
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import { clsx } from "clsx";
 import * as React from "react";
 import { forwardRef, useEffect, useRef, useState } from "react";
 
+import { atoms, globalStore } from "@/app/store/global";
 import "./tab.less";
 
 interface TabProps {
@@ -110,8 +111,38 @@ const Tab = React.memo(
             function handleContextMenu(e: React.MouseEvent<HTMLDivElement, MouseEvent>) {
                 e.preventDefault();
                 let menu: ContextMenuItem[] = [];
+                const settings = globalStore.get(atoms.settingsConfigAtom);
+                console.log("settings", settings);
+                const bgPresets: string[] = [];
+                for (const key in settings?.presets ?? {}) {
+                    if (key.startsWith("bg@")) {
+                        bgPresets.push(key);
+                    }
+                }
+                bgPresets.sort((a, b) => {
+                    const aOrder = settings.presets[a]["display:order"] ?? 0;
+                    const bOrder = settings.presets[b]["display:order"] ?? 0;
+                    return aOrder - bOrder;
+                });
+                console.log("bgPresets", bgPresets);
                 menu.push({ label: "Copy TabId", click: () => navigator.clipboard.writeText(id) });
                 menu.push({ type: "separator" });
+                if (bgPresets.length > 0) {
+                    const submenu: ContextMenuItem[] = [];
+                    const oref = WOS.makeORef("tab", id);
+                    for (const presetName of bgPresets) {
+                        const preset = settings.presets[presetName];
+                        if (preset == null) {
+                            continue;
+                        }
+                        submenu.push({
+                            label: preset["display:name"] ?? presetName,
+                            click: () => services.ObjectService.UpdateObjectMeta(oref, preset),
+                        });
+                    }
+                    menu.push({ label: "Backgrounds", type: "submenu", submenu });
+                    menu.push({ type: "separator" });
+                }
                 menu.push({ label: "Close Tab", click: () => onClose(null) });
                 ContextMenuModel.showContextMenu(menu, e);
             }
diff --git a/pkg/wconfig/settingsconfig.go b/pkg/wconfig/settingsconfig.go
index b55f51724..818bb9ff8 100644
--- a/pkg/wconfig/settingsconfig.go
+++ b/pkg/wconfig/settingsconfig.go
@@ -179,6 +179,41 @@ var CampbellTheme = TermThemeType{
 	CursorAccent:        "#CCCCCC", // Foreground (used for cursor accent)
 }
 
+var BgDefaultPreset = waveobj.MetaMapType{
+	wstore.MetaKey_DisplayName:  "Default",
+	wstore.MetaKey_DisplayOrder: -1,
+	wstore.MetaKey_BgClear:      true,
+}
+
+var BgRainbowPreset = waveobj.MetaMapType{
+	wstore.MetaKey_DisplayName:  "Rainbow",
+	wstore.MetaKey_DisplayOrder: 1,
+	wstore.MetaKey_BgClear:      true,
+	wstore.MetaKey_Bg:           "linear-gradient( 226.4deg,  rgba(255,26,1,1) 28.9%, rgba(254,155,1,1) 33%, rgba(255,241,0,1) 48.6%, rgba(34,218,1,1) 65.3%, rgba(0,141,254,1) 80.6%, rgba(113,63,254,1) 100.1% );",
+	wstore.MetaKey_BgOpacity:    0.3,
+}
+
+var BgGreenPreset = waveobj.MetaMapType{
+	wstore.MetaKey_DisplayName: "Green",
+	wstore.MetaKey_BgClear:     true,
+	wstore.MetaKey_Bg:          "green",
+	wstore.MetaKey_BgOpacity:   0.3,
+}
+
+var BgBluePreset = waveobj.MetaMapType{
+	wstore.MetaKey_DisplayName: "Blue",
+	wstore.MetaKey_BgClear:     true,
+	wstore.MetaKey_Bg:          "blue",
+	wstore.MetaKey_BgOpacity:   0.3,
+}
+
+var BgRedPreset = waveobj.MetaMapType{
+	wstore.MetaKey_DisplayName: "Red",
+	wstore.MetaKey_BgClear:     true,
+	wstore.MetaKey_Bg:          "red",
+	wstore.MetaKey_BgOpacity:   0.3,
+}
+
 func applyDefaultSettings(settings *SettingsConfigType) {
 	defaultMimeTypes := map[string]MimeTypeConfigType{
 		"audio":            {Icon: "file-audio"},
@@ -285,4 +320,22 @@ func applyDefaultSettings(settings *SettingsConfigType) {
 	if _, found := settings.TermThemes["campbell"]; !found {
 		settings.TermThemes["campbell"] = CampbellTheme
 	}
+	if settings.Presets == nil {
+		settings.Presets = make(map[string]*waveobj.MetaMapType)
+	}
+	if _, found := settings.Presets["bg@default"]; !found {
+		settings.Presets["bg@default"] = &BgDefaultPreset
+	}
+	if _, found := settings.Presets["bg@rainbow"]; !found {
+		settings.Presets["bg@rainbow"] = &BgRainbowPreset
+	}
+	if _, found := settings.Presets["bg@green"]; !found {
+		settings.Presets["bg@green"] = &BgGreenPreset
+	}
+	if _, found := settings.Presets["bg@blue"]; !found {
+		settings.Presets["bg@blue"] = &BgBluePreset
+	}
+	if _, found := settings.Presets["bg@red"]; !found {
+		settings.Presets["bg@red"] = &BgRedPreset
+	}
 }
diff --git a/pkg/wstore/wstore_meta.go b/pkg/wstore/wstore_meta.go
index 258050f9f..e8c8b116c 100644
--- a/pkg/wstore/wstore_meta.go
+++ b/pkg/wstore/wstore_meta.go
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ type MetaMapType = waveobj.MetaMapType
 // TODO: will code generate one side of this so we don't need to add the keys in two places
 // will probably drive this off the meta decls so we can add more information and validate the keys/values
 const (
+	MetaKey_DisplayName  = "display:name"  // special, does not get merged
+	MetaKey_DisplayOrder = "display:order" // special, does not get merged
+
 	MetaKey_View       = "view"
 	MetaKey_Controller = "controller"
 	MetaKey_Title      = "title"
@@ -43,6 +46,7 @@ const (
 	MetaKey_CmdNoWsh          = "cmd:nowsh"
 
 	MetaKey_Bg          = "bg"
+	MetaKey_BgClear     = "bg:*"
 	MetaKey_BgOpacity   = "bg:opacity"
 	MetaKey_BgBlendMode = "bg:blendmode"
 
@@ -140,6 +144,9 @@ func MergeMeta(meta MetaMapType, metaUpdate MetaMapType) MetaMapType {
 	}
 	// now deal with regular keys
 	for k, v := range metaUpdate {
+		if strings.HasPrefix(k, "display:") {
+			continue
+		}
 		if strings.HasSuffix(k, ":*") {
 			continue
 		}