title: Change the stage background color in JavaFX
body: <p>I am trying to change the stage background color, instead of the default white. 
  The following image shows a simple stage with a scene containing nodes/panes.</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/74c0T.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/74c0T.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>
  
  <p>I made my own simple top utility version, viewed as a node within the stage, but that created more difficulty when it came to resizing, dragging the window and so on, so <strong>looking after a solution that will let me edit &amp; style the default stage itself, by referring directly to the stage.</strong></p>