diff --git a/src/Intervention/Image/Gd/Commands/LimitColorsCommand.php b/src/Intervention/Image/Gd/Commands/LimitColorsCommand.php
index e33bb194..dea31b50 100644
--- a/src/Intervention/Image/Gd/Commands/LimitColorsCommand.php
+++ b/src/Intervention/Image/Gd/Commands/LimitColorsCommand.php
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ class LimitColorsCommand extends \Intervention\Image\Commands\AbstractCommand
 
         // define matte
         if (is_null($matte)) {
-            $matte = imagecolorallocatealpha($resource, 0, 0, 0, 127);
+            $matte = imagecolorallocatealpha($resource, 255, 255, 255, 127);
         } else {
             $matte = $image->getDriver()->parseColor($matte)->getInt();
         }
diff --git a/src/Intervention/Image/Gd/Commands/ResizeCanvasCommand.php b/src/Intervention/Image/Gd/Commands/ResizeCanvasCommand.php
index 7f9c6690..4d886cff 100644
--- a/src/Intervention/Image/Gd/Commands/ResizeCanvasCommand.php
+++ b/src/Intervention/Image/Gd/Commands/ResizeCanvasCommand.php
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ class ResizeCanvasCommand extends \Intervention\Image\Commands\AbstractCommand
 
         // make image area transparent to keep transparency
         // even if background-color is set
-        $transparent = imagecolorallocatealpha($canvas->getCore(), 0, 0, 0, 127);
+        $transparent = imagecolorallocatealpha($canvas->getCore(), 255, 255, 255, 127);
         imagealphablending($canvas->getCore(), false); // do not blend / just overwrite
         imagefilledrectangle($canvas->getCore(), $dst_x, $dst_y, $dst_x + $src_w - 1, $dst_y + $src_h - 1, $transparent);
 
diff --git a/src/Intervention/Image/Gd/Source.php b/src/Intervention/Image/Gd/Source.php
index 8cba903f..bf5acf70 100644
--- a/src/Intervention/Image/Gd/Source.php
+++ b/src/Intervention/Image/Gd/Source.php
@@ -110,10 +110,6 @@ class Source extends \Intervention\Image\AbstractSource
      */
     public function gdResourceToTruecolor(&$resource)
     {
-        if (imageistruecolor($resource)) {
-            return true;
-        }
-
         $width = imagesx($resource);
         $height = imagesy($resource);
 
@@ -122,7 +118,7 @@ class Source extends \Intervention\Image\AbstractSource
 
         // fill with transparent color
         imagealphablending($canvas, false);
-        $transparent = imagecolorallocatealpha($canvas, 0, 0, 0, 127);
+        $transparent = imagecolorallocatealpha($canvas, 255, 255, 255, 127);
         imagefilledrectangle($canvas, 0, 0, $width, $height, $transparent);
         imagealphablending($canvas, true);
 
diff --git a/src/Intervention/Image/Imagick/Encoder.php b/src/Intervention/Image/Imagick/Encoder.php
index f2d6e327..78cf1fed 100644
--- a/src/Intervention/Image/Imagick/Encoder.php
+++ b/src/Intervention/Image/Imagick/Encoder.php
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ class Encoder extends \Intervention\Image\AbstractEncoder
         $compression = \Imagick::COMPRESSION_JPEG;
 
         $imagick = $this->image->getCore();
+        $imagick->setImageBackgroundColor('white');
+        $imagick->setBackgroundColor('white');
+        $imagick = $imagick->flattenImages();
         $imagick->setFormat($format);
         $imagick->setImageFormat($format);
         $imagick->setCompression($compression);
diff --git a/tests/EncoderTest.php b/tests/EncoderTest.php
index 06de64f7..b70c6bd0 100644
--- a/tests/EncoderTest.php
+++ b/tests/EncoderTest.php
@@ -140,6 +140,9 @@ class EncoderTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
         $imagick->shouldReceive('setimagecompression')->once();
         $imagick->shouldReceive('setcompressionquality');
         $imagick->shouldReceive('setimagecompressionquality');
+        $imagick->shouldReceive('setimagebackgroundcolor');
+        $imagick->shouldReceive('setbackgroundcolor');
+        $imagick->shouldReceive('flattenimages')->andReturn($imagick);
         $imagick->shouldReceive('__toString')->once()->andReturn(sprintf('mock-%s', $type));
         return $imagick;
     }
diff --git a/tests/GdSystemTest.php b/tests/GdSystemTest.php
index 2db20a94..5fb709b7 100644
--- a/tests/GdSystemTest.php
+++ b/tests/GdSystemTest.php
@@ -1113,9 +1113,9 @@ class GdSystemTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
         $this->assertEquals(1, $c[3]);
 
         $c = $img->pickColor(0, 15);
-        $this->assertEquals(0, $c[0]);
-        $this->assertEquals(0, $c[1]);
-        $this->assertEquals(0, $c[2]);
+        $this->assertEquals(255, $c[0]);
+        $this->assertEquals(255, $c[1]);
+        $this->assertEquals(255, $c[2]);
         $this->assertEquals(0, $c[3]);
     }
 
@@ -1137,9 +1137,9 @@ class GdSystemTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
         $this->assertEquals(1, $c[3]);
 
         $c = $img->pickColor(0, 15);
-        $this->assertEquals(0, $c[0]);
-        $this->assertEquals(0, $c[1]);
-        $this->assertEquals(0, $c[2]);
+        $this->assertEquals(255, $c[0]);
+        $this->assertEquals(255, $c[1]);
+        $this->assertEquals(255, $c[2]);
         $this->assertEquals(0, $c[3]);
     }