diff --git a/src/servers/app/View.cpp b/src/servers/app/View.cpp
index 554308d475..8964810b19 100644
--- a/src/servers/app/View.cpp
+++ b/src/servers/app/View.cpp
@@ -720,8 +720,10 @@ View::ResizeBy(int32 x, int32 y, BRegion* dirtyRegion)
 				// include their own dirty regions in ParentResized()
 				for (View* child = FirstChild(); child;
 						child = child->NextSibling()) {
-					if (!child->IsVisible())
+					if (!child->IsVisible()
+						|| child->fViewColor == B_TRANSPARENT_COLOR) {
 						continue;
+					}
 					IntRect previousChildVisible(
 						child->Frame() & oldBounds & Bounds());
 					if (dirty->Frame().Intersects(previousChildVisible)) {
@@ -925,6 +927,22 @@ View::CopyBits(IntRect src, IntRect dst, BRegion& windowContentClipping)
 // #pragma mark -
 
 
+void
+View::SetViewColor(const rgb_color& color)
+{
+	rgb_color oldColor = fViewColor;
+	fViewColor = color;
+	// Child view with B_TRANSPARENT_COLOR view color change clipping of
+	// parent view.
+	if (fParent != NULL
+		&& IsVisible()
+		&& ((oldColor == B_TRANSPARENT_COLOR)
+			!= (color == B_TRANSPARENT_COLOR))) {
+		fParent->RebuildClipping(false);
+	}
+}
+
+
 void
 View::ColorUpdated(color_which which, rgb_color color)
 {
@@ -1406,8 +1424,10 @@ View::RebuildClipping(bool deep)
 				return;
 
 			for (; child; child = child->NextSibling()) {
-				if (child->IsVisible())
+				if (child->IsVisible()
+					&& child->fViewColor != B_TRANSPARENT_COLOR) {
 					childrenRegion->Include((clipping_rect)child->Frame());
+				}
 			}
 
 			fLocalClipping.Exclude(childrenRegion);
diff --git a/src/servers/app/View.h b/src/servers/app/View.h
index 84e2b3cf16..7c82cfee64 100644
--- a/src/servers/app/View.h
+++ b/src/servers/app/View.h
@@ -135,8 +135,7 @@ public:
 
 			const rgb_color& ViewColor() const
 								{ return fViewColor; }
-			void			SetViewColor(const rgb_color& color)
-								{ fViewColor = color; }
+			void			SetViewColor(const rgb_color& color);
 
 			void			ColorUpdated(color_which which, rgb_color color);
 			void			SetViewUIColor(color_which which, float tint);