diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Tests/PropertyEditors/ImageCropperTest.cs b/src/Umbraco.Tests/PropertyEditors/ImageCropperTest.cs
index 062ab164b0..3c1d4e7c9b 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Tests/PropertyEditors/ImageCropperTest.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Tests/PropertyEditors/ImageCropperTest.cs
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Tests.PropertyEditors
         {
             var cropperJson = "{\"focalPoint\": {\"left\": 0.5,\"top\": 0.5},\"src\": \"" + mediaPath + "\",\"crops\": [{\"alias\": \"home\",\"width\": 270,\"height\": 161}]}";
 
-            var urlString = mediaPath.GetCropUrl(400, 400, cropperJson, imageCropMode: ImageCropMode.Pad, backgroundColor: "fff");
+            var urlString = mediaPath.GetCropUrl(400, 400, cropperJson, imageCropMode: ImageCropMode.Pad, furtherOptions: "&bgcolor=fff");
             Assert.AreEqual(mediaPath + "?mode=pad&width=400&height=400&bgcolor=fff", urlString);
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/HtmlHelperRenderExtensions.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/HtmlHelperRenderExtensions.cs
index 2802e4fe80..3062613b6b 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/HtmlHelperRenderExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/HtmlHelperRenderExtensions.cs
@@ -228,13 +228,12 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web
             bool cacheBuster = true,
             string furtherOptions = null,
             ImageCropRatioMode? ratioMode = null,
-            bool upScale = true,
-            string backgroundColor = null)
+            bool upScale = true)
         {
             return
                 new HtmlString(mediaItem.GetCropUrl(width, height, propertyAlias, cropAlias, quality, imageCropMode,
                     imageCropAnchor, preferFocalPoint, useCropDimensions, cacheBuster, furtherOptions, ratioMode,
-                    upScale, backgroundColor));
+                    upScale));
         }
 
         [Obsolete("Use the UrlHelper.GetCropUrl extension instead")]
@@ -253,13 +252,12 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web
             string cacheBusterValue = null,
             string furtherOptions = null,
             ImageCropRatioMode? ratioMode = null,
-            bool upScale = true,
-            string backgroundColor = null)
+            bool upScale = true)
         {
             return
                 new HtmlString(imageUrl.GetCropUrl(width, height, imageCropperValue, cropAlias, quality, imageCropMode,
                     imageCropAnchor, preferFocalPoint, useCropDimensions, cacheBusterValue, furtherOptions, ratioMode,
-                    upScale, backgroundColor));
+                    upScale));
         }
 
         #endregion
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/ImageCropperTemplateExtensions.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/ImageCropperTemplateExtensions.cs
index 08781076dc..ddf8ee0727 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/ImageCropperTemplateExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/ImageCropperTemplateExtensions.cs
@@ -87,17 +87,19 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web
         /// Add a serialised date of the last edit of the item to ensure client cache refresh when updated
         /// </param>
         /// <param name="furtherOptions">
-        /// The further options.
+        /// These are any query string parameters (formatted as query strings) that ImageProcessor supports. For example:
+        /// <example>
+        /// <![CDATA[
+        /// furtherOptions: "&bgcolor=fff"
+        /// ]]>
+        /// </example>
         /// </param>
         /// <param name="ratioMode">
         /// Use a dimension as a ratio
         /// </param>
         /// <param name="upScale">
         /// If the image should be upscaled to requested dimensions
-        /// </param>
-        /// <param name="backgroundColor">
-        /// Changes the background color of the image. Used when adding a background when resizing image formats without an alpha channel.
-        /// </param>
+        /// </param>        
         /// <returns>
         /// The <see cref="string"/>.
         /// </returns>
@@ -115,8 +117,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web
              bool cacheBuster = true, 
              string furtherOptions = null,
              ImageCropRatioMode? ratioMode = null,
-             bool upScale = true,
-             string backgroundColor = null)
+             bool upScale = true)
         {
             if (mediaItem == null) throw new ArgumentNullException("mediaItem");
 
@@ -136,7 +137,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web
                 mediaItemUrl = stronglyTyped.Src;
                 return GetCropUrl(
                     mediaItemUrl, stronglyTyped, width, height, cropAlias, quality, imageCropMode, imageCropAnchor, preferFocalPoint, useCropDimensions,
-                    cacheBusterValue, furtherOptions, ratioMode, upScale, backgroundColor);
+                    cacheBusterValue, furtherOptions, ratioMode, upScale);
             }
 
             //this shouldn't be the case but we'll check
@@ -147,14 +148,14 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web
                 mediaItemUrl = stronglyTyped.Src;
                 return GetCropUrl(
                     mediaItemUrl, stronglyTyped, width, height, cropAlias, quality, imageCropMode, imageCropAnchor, preferFocalPoint, useCropDimensions,
-                    cacheBusterValue, furtherOptions, ratioMode, upScale, backgroundColor);
+                    cacheBusterValue, furtherOptions, ratioMode, upScale);
             }
 
             //it's a single string
             mediaItemUrl = cropperValue.ToString();
             return GetCropUrl(
                 mediaItemUrl, width, height, mediaItemUrl, cropAlias, quality, imageCropMode, imageCropAnchor, preferFocalPoint, useCropDimensions,
-                cacheBusterValue, furtherOptions, ratioMode, upScale, backgroundColor);
+                cacheBusterValue, furtherOptions, ratioMode, upScale);
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -194,17 +195,19 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web
         /// Add a serialised date of the last edit of the item to ensure client cache refresh when updated
         /// </param>
         /// <param name="furtherOptions">
-        /// The further options.
+        /// These are any query string parameters (formatted as query strings) that ImageProcessor supports. For example:
+        /// <example>
+        /// <![CDATA[
+        /// furtherOptions: "&bgcolor=fff"
+        /// ]]>
+        /// </example>
         /// </param>
         /// <param name="ratioMode">
         /// Use a dimension as a ratio
         /// </param>
         /// <param name="upScale">
         /// If the image should be upscaled to requested dimensions
-        /// </param>
-        /// <param name="backgroundColor">
-        /// Changes the background color of the image. Used when adding a background when resizing image formats without an alpha channel.
-        /// </param>
+        /// </param>        
         /// <returns>
         /// The <see cref="string"/>.
         /// </returns>
@@ -222,8 +225,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web
             string cacheBusterValue = null, 
             string furtherOptions = null,
             ImageCropRatioMode? ratioMode = null,
-            bool upScale = true,
-            string backgroundColor = null)
+            bool upScale = true)
         {
             if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(imageUrl)) return string.Empty;
 
@@ -234,9 +236,60 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web
             }
             return GetCropUrl(
                 imageUrl, cropDataSet, width, height, cropAlias, quality, imageCropMode,
-                imageCropAnchor, preferFocalPoint, useCropDimensions, cacheBusterValue, furtherOptions, ratioMode, upScale, backgroundColor);
+                imageCropAnchor, preferFocalPoint, useCropDimensions, cacheBusterValue, furtherOptions, ratioMode, upScale);
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets the ImageProcessor Url from the image path.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="imageUrl">
+        /// The image url.
+        /// </param>
+        /// <param name="cropDataSet"></param>
+        /// <param name="width">
+        /// The width of the output image.
+        /// </param>
+        /// <param name="height">
+        /// The height of the output image.
+        /// </param>
+        /// <param name="cropAlias">
+        /// The crop alias.
+        /// </param>
+        /// <param name="quality">
+        /// Quality percentage of the output image.
+        /// </param>
+        /// <param name="imageCropMode">
+        /// The image crop mode.
+        /// </param>
+        /// <param name="imageCropAnchor">
+        /// The image crop anchor.
+        /// </param>
+        /// <param name="preferFocalPoint">
+        /// Use focal point to generate an output image using the focal point instead of the predefined crop if there is one
+        /// </param>
+        /// <param name="useCropDimensions">
+        /// Use crop dimensions to have the output image sized according to the predefined crop sizes, this will override the width and height parameters
+        /// </param>
+        /// <param name="cacheBusterValue">
+        /// Add a serialised date of the last edit of the item to ensure client cache refresh when updated
+        /// </param>
+        /// <param name="furtherOptions">
+        /// These are any query string parameters (formatted as query strings) that ImageProcessor supports. For example:
+        /// <example>
+        /// <![CDATA[
+        /// furtherOptions: "&bgcolor=fff"
+        /// ]]>
+        /// </example>
+        /// </param>
+        /// <param name="ratioMode">
+        /// Use a dimension as a ratio
+        /// </param>
+        /// <param name="upScale">
+        /// If the image should be upscaled to requested dimensions
+        /// </param>        
+        /// <returns>
+        /// The <see cref="string"/>.
+        /// </returns>
         public static string GetCropUrl(
             this string imageUrl,
             ImageCropDataSet cropDataSet,
@@ -251,8 +304,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web
             string cacheBusterValue = null,
             string furtherOptions = null,
             ImageCropRatioMode? ratioMode = null,
-            bool upScale = true,
-            string backgroundColor = null)
+            bool upScale = true)
         {
             if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(imageUrl) == false)
             {
@@ -359,11 +411,6 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web
                     imageProcessorUrl.Append("&upscale=false");
                 }
 
-                if (backgroundColor != null)
-                {
-                    imageProcessorUrl.Append("&bgcolor=" + backgroundColor);
-                }
-
                 if (furtherOptions != null)
                 {
                     imageProcessorUrl.Append(furtherOptions);
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/UrlHelperRenderExtensions.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/UrlHelperRenderExtensions.cs
index 76a000aded..614c815f79 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/UrlHelperRenderExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/UrlHelperRenderExtensions.cs
@@ -101,7 +101,12 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web
         /// Add a serialised date of the last edit of the item to ensure client cache refresh when updated
         /// </param>
         /// <param name="furtherOptions">
-        /// The further options.
+        /// These are any query string parameters (formatted as query strings) that ImageProcessor supports. For example:
+        /// <example>
+        /// <![CDATA[
+        /// furtherOptions: "&bgcolor=fff"
+        /// ]]>
+        /// </example>
         /// </param>
         /// <param name="ratioMode">
         /// Use a dimension as a ratio
@@ -113,10 +118,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web
         /// <param name="htmlEncode">
         /// Whether to HTML encode this URL - default is true - w3c standards require html attributes to be html encoded but this can be 
         /// set to false if using the result of this method for CSS.
-        /// </param>
-        /// <param name="backgroundColor">
-        /// Changes the background color of the image. Used when adding a background when resizing image formats without an alpha channel.
-        /// </param>
+        /// </param>        
         /// <returns>
         /// The <see cref="string"/>.
         /// </returns>
@@ -135,12 +137,11 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web
             string furtherOptions = null,
             ImageCropRatioMode? ratioMode = null,
             bool upScale = true,
-            bool htmlEncode = true,
-            string backgroundColor = null)
+            bool htmlEncode = true)
         {
             var url = mediaItem.GetCropUrl(width, height, propertyAlias, cropAlias, quality, imageCropMode,
                 imageCropAnchor, preferFocalPoint, useCropDimensions, cacheBuster, furtherOptions, ratioMode,
-                upScale, backgroundColor);
+                upScale);
             return htmlEncode ? new HtmlString(HttpUtility.HtmlEncode(url)) : new HtmlString(url);
         }
 
@@ -181,7 +182,12 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web
         /// Add a serialised date of the last edit of the item to ensure client cache refresh when updated
         /// </param>
         /// <param name="furtherOptions">
-        /// The further options.
+        /// These are any query string parameters (formatted as query strings) that ImageProcessor supports. For example:
+        /// <example>
+        /// <![CDATA[
+        /// furtherOptions: "&bgcolor=fff"
+        /// ]]>
+        /// </example>
         /// </param>
         /// <param name="ratioMode">
         /// Use a dimension as a ratio
@@ -193,10 +199,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web
         /// <param name="htmlEncode">
         /// Whether to HTML encode this URL - default is true - w3c standards require html attributes to be html encoded but this can be 
         /// set to false if using the result of this method for CSS.
-        /// </param>
-        /// <param name="backgroundColor">
-        /// Changes the background color of the image. Used when adding a background when resizing image formats without an alpha channel.
-        /// </param>
+        /// </param>        
         /// <returns>
         /// The <see cref="string"/>.
         /// </returns>
@@ -215,12 +218,11 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web
             string furtherOptions = null,
             ImageCropRatioMode? ratioMode = null,
             bool upScale = true,
-            bool htmlEncode = true,
-            string backgroundColor = null)
+            bool htmlEncode = true)
         {
             var url = imageUrl.GetCropUrl(width, height, imageCropperValue, cropAlias, quality, imageCropMode,
                 imageCropAnchor, preferFocalPoint, useCropDimensions, cacheBusterValue, furtherOptions, ratioMode,
-                upScale, backgroundColor);
+                upScale);
             return htmlEncode ? new HtmlString(HttpUtility.HtmlEncode(url)) : new HtmlString(url);            
         }