diff --git a/src/add-ons/translators/libtiff/TIFFView.cpp b/src/add-ons/translators/libtiff/TIFFView.cpp
index fcf35974b6..0c2c255b82 100644
--- a/src/add-ons/translators/libtiff/TIFFView.cpp
+++ b/src/add-ons/translators/libtiff/TIFFView.cpp
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ TIFFView::TIFFView(const BRect &frame, const char *name,
 	fSettings = settings;
 
 	SetViewColor(ui_color(B_PANEL_BACKGROUND_COLOR));
+	SetLowColor(ViewColor());
 
 	BPopUpMenu* menu = new BPopUpMenu("pick compression");
 
@@ -99,6 +100,9 @@ TIFFView::TIFFView(const BRect &frame, const char *name,
 
 	fCompressionMF = new BMenuField(BRect(20, 50, 215, 70), "compression",
 									"Use Compression:", menu, true);
+	fCompressionMF->ResizeToPreferred();
+	fCompressionMF->SetDivider(
+		fCompressionMF->StringWidth(fCompressionMF->Label()) + 7);
 	AddChild(fCompressionMF);
 
 }
diff --git a/src/add-ons/translators/ppm/PPMTranslator.cpp b/src/add-ons/translators/ppm/PPMTranslator.cpp
index 3068d5d854..46ba730b61 100644
--- a/src/add-ons/translators/ppm/PPMTranslator.cpp
+++ b/src/add-ons/translators/ppm/PPMTranslator.cpp
@@ -436,7 +436,8 @@ public:
 				uint32 flags) :
 			BView(frame, name, resize, flags)
 			{
-				SetViewColor(220,220,220,0);
+				SetViewColor(ui_color(B_PANEL_BACKGROUND_COLOR));
+				SetLowColor(ViewColor());
 				mMenu = new BPopUpMenu("Color Space");
 				mMenu->AddItem(new BMenuItem("None", CSMessage(B_NO_COLOR_SPACE)));
 				mMenu->AddItem(new BMenuItem("RGB 8:8:8 32 bits", CSMessage(B_RGB32)));
@@ -458,6 +459,7 @@ public:
 				mMenu->AddItem(new BMenuItem("RGBA 5:5:5:1 16 bits big-endian", CSMessage(B_RGBA15_BIG)));
 				mMenu->AddItem(new BMenuItem("RGB 5:6:5 16 bits big-endian", CSMessage(B_RGB16)));
 				mField = new BMenuField(BRect(10,110,190,130), "Color Space Field", "Input Color Space", mMenu);
+				mField->SetDivider(mField->StringWidth(mField->Label()) + 7);
 				mField->SetViewColor(ViewColor());
 				AddChild(mField);
 				SelectColorSpace(g_settings.out_space);
diff --git a/src/add-ons/translators/sgi/SGIView.cpp b/src/add-ons/translators/sgi/SGIView.cpp
index 015f1ef630..512f246aee 100644
--- a/src/add-ons/translators/sgi/SGIView.cpp
+++ b/src/add-ons/translators/sgi/SGIView.cpp
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ SGIView::SGIView(const BRect &frame, const char *name,
 		fSettings(settings)
 {
 	SetViewColor(ui_color(B_PANEL_BACKGROUND_COLOR));
+	SetLowColor(ViewColor());
 
 	BPopUpMenu* menu = new BPopUpMenu("pick compression");
 
diff --git a/src/add-ons/translators/tga/TGAView.cpp b/src/add-ons/translators/tga/TGAView.cpp
index ae26237b4f..24fd14c450 100644
--- a/src/add-ons/translators/tga/TGAView.cpp
+++ b/src/add-ons/translators/tga/TGAView.cpp
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ TGAView::TGAView(const BRect &frame, const char *name,
 	fSettings = settings;
 	
 	SetViewColor(ui_color(B_PANEL_BACKGROUND_COLOR));
+	SetLowColor(ViewColor());
 	
 	BMessage *pmsg;
 	int32 val;
diff --git a/src/add-ons/translators/tiff/TIFFView.cpp b/src/add-ons/translators/tiff/TIFFView.cpp
index d5e7b5e703..684dec1411 100644
--- a/src/add-ons/translators/tiff/TIFFView.cpp
+++ b/src/add-ons/translators/tiff/TIFFView.cpp
@@ -50,7 +50,8 @@ TIFFView::TIFFView(const BRect &frame, const char *name,
 	uint32 resize, uint32 flags)
 	:	BView(frame, name, resize, flags)
 {
-	SetViewColor(220,220,220,0);
+	SetViewColor(ui_color(B_PANEL_BACKGROUND_COLOR));
+	SetLowColor(ViewColor());
 }
 
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/src/add-ons/translators/wonderbrush/WonderBrushView.cpp b/src/add-ons/translators/wonderbrush/WonderBrushView.cpp
index d5c5af070a..df96c025f0 100644
--- a/src/add-ons/translators/wonderbrush/WonderBrushView.cpp
+++ b/src/add-ons/translators/wonderbrush/WonderBrushView.cpp
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ WonderBrushView::WonderBrushView(const BRect &frame, const char *name,
 		fSettings(settings)
 {
 	SetViewColor(ui_color(B_PANEL_BACKGROUND_COLOR));
+	SetLowColor(ViewColor());
 
 	// figure out where the text ends
 	font_height fh;