diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 036cc0ee..c9a9c081 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ FlatLaf Change Log
 
 - Button and ToggleButton: Threat Unicode surrogate character pair as single
   character and make button square. (issue #234)
+- Button and ToggleButton: ToolBar buttons now respect explicitly set background
+  color. If no background color is set, then the button background is not
+  painted anymore. (issue #191)
 - TabbedPane: Fixed `IndexOutOfBoundsException` when using tooltip text on close
   buttons and closing last/rightmost tab. (issue #235)
 - Extras: Added missing export of package
diff --git a/flatlaf-core/src/main/java/com/formdev/flatlaf/ui/FlatButtonUI.java b/flatlaf-core/src/main/java/com/formdev/flatlaf/ui/FlatButtonUI.java
index 0c33f4f1..5aba716c 100644
--- a/flatlaf-core/src/main/java/com/formdev/flatlaf/ui/FlatButtonUI.java
+++ b/flatlaf-core/src/main/java/com/formdev/flatlaf/ui/FlatButtonUI.java
@@ -410,8 +410,13 @@ public class FlatButtonUI
 			if( model.isRollover() )
 				return toolbarHoverBackground;
 
-			// use background of toolbar
-			return c.getParent().getBackground();
+			// use component background if explicitly set
+			Color bg = c.getBackground();
+			if( isCustomBackground( bg ) )
+				return bg;
+
+			// do not paint background
+			return null;
 		}
 
 		boolean def = isDefaultButton( c );
diff --git a/flatlaf-testing/src/main/java/com/formdev/flatlaf/testing/FlatComponentsTest.java b/flatlaf-testing/src/main/java/com/formdev/flatlaf/testing/FlatComponentsTest.java
index fb5aebe3..371d9a1d 100644
--- a/flatlaf-testing/src/main/java/com/formdev/flatlaf/testing/FlatComponentsTest.java
+++ b/flatlaf-testing/src/main/java/com/formdev/flatlaf/testing/FlatComponentsTest.java
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ public class FlatComponentsTest
 		JScrollPane scrollPane14 = new JScrollPane();
 		progressBar3 = new FlatProgressBar();
 		progressBar4 = new FlatProgressBar();
-		JToolBar toolBar2 = new JToolBar();
+		FlatComponentsTest.TestToolBar toolBar2 = new FlatComponentsTest.TestToolBar();
 		JButton button9 = new JButton();
 		JButton button10 = new JButton();
 		JButton button11 = new JButton();
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ public class FlatComponentsTest
 		JToolTip toolTip1 = new JToolTip();
 		JToolTip toolTip2 = new JToolTip();
 		JLabel toolBarLabel = new JLabel();
-		JToolBar toolBar1 = new JToolBar();
+		FlatComponentsTest.TestToolBar toolBar1 = new FlatComponentsTest.TestToolBar();
 		JButton button4 = new JButton();
 		JButton button6 = new JButton();
 		JButton button7 = new JButton();
@@ -421,13 +421,13 @@ public class FlatComponentsTest
 		JToggleButton toggleButton16 = new JToggleButton();
 		JToggleButton toggleButton17 = new JToggleButton();
 		JLabel label3 = new JLabel();
-		JToolBar toolBar3 = new JToolBar();
+		FlatComponentsTest.TestToolBar toolBar3 = new FlatComponentsTest.TestToolBar();
 		FlatButton button26 = new FlatButton();
 		FlatButton button27 = new FlatButton();
 		FlatToggleButton toggleButton23 = new FlatToggleButton();
 		FlatToggleButton toggleButton24 = new FlatToggleButton();
 		JLabel label4 = new JLabel();
-		JToolBar toolBar4 = new JToolBar();
+		FlatComponentsTest.TestToolBar toolBar4 = new FlatComponentsTest.TestToolBar();
 		FlatButton button28 = new FlatButton();
 		FlatButton button29 = new FlatButton();
 		FlatToggleButton toggleButton25 = new FlatToggleButton();
@@ -1684,4 +1684,37 @@ public class FlatComponentsTest
 			}
 		}
 	}
+
+	//---- class TestToolBar --------------------------------------------------
+
+	private static class TestToolBar
+		extends JToolBar
+	{
+		@Override
+		protected void paintComponent( Graphics g ) {
+			super.paintComponent( g );
+
+			if( isPaintBackgroundPattern() && isOpaque() ) {
+				int width = getWidth();
+				int height = getHeight();
+
+				g.setColor( Color.blue );
+				for( int y = 0; y < height; y += 2 )
+					g.drawLine( 0, y, width - 1, y );
+			}
+		}
+
+		/**
+		 * Overridden to see which components paint background with color from parent.
+		 */
+		@Override
+		public Color getBackground() {
+			return isPaintBackgroundPattern() ? Color.orange : super.getBackground();
+		}
+
+		private boolean isPaintBackgroundPattern() {
+			FlatTestFrame frame = (FlatTestFrame) SwingUtilities.getAncestorOfClass( FlatTestFrame.class, this );
+			return frame != null && frame.isPaintBackgroundPattern();
+		}
+	}
 }
diff --git a/flatlaf-testing/src/main/java/com/formdev/flatlaf/testing/FlatComponentsTest.jfd b/flatlaf-testing/src/main/java/com/formdev/flatlaf/testing/FlatComponentsTest.jfd
index 4188313f..a8c70741 100644
--- a/flatlaf-testing/src/main/java/com/formdev/flatlaf/testing/FlatComponentsTest.jfd
+++ b/flatlaf-testing/src/main/java/com/formdev/flatlaf/testing/FlatComponentsTest.jfd
@@ -933,7 +933,7 @@ new FormModel {
 			}, new FormLayoutConstraints( class net.miginfocom.layout.CC ) {
 				"value": "cell 4 13 1 6,growy"
 			} )
-			add( new FormContainer( "javax.swing.JToolBar", new FormLayoutManager( class javax.swing.JToolBar ) ) {
+			add( new FormContainer( "com.formdev.flatlaf.testing.FlatComponentsTest$TestToolBar", new FormLayoutManager( class javax.swing.JToolBar ) ) {
 				name: "toolBar2"
 				"orientation": 1
 				add( new FormComponent( "javax.swing.JButton" ) {
@@ -1391,7 +1391,7 @@ new FormModel {
 			}, new FormLayoutConstraints( class net.miginfocom.layout.CC ) {
 				"value": "cell 0 23"
 			} )
-			add( new FormContainer( "javax.swing.JToolBar", new FormLayoutManager( class javax.swing.JToolBar ) ) {
+			add( new FormContainer( "com.formdev.flatlaf.testing.FlatComponentsTest$TestToolBar", new FormLayoutManager( class javax.swing.JToolBar ) ) {
 				name: "toolBar1"
 				add( new FormComponent( "javax.swing.JButton" ) {
 					name: "button4"
@@ -1446,7 +1446,7 @@ new FormModel {
 			}, new FormLayoutConstraints( class net.miginfocom.layout.CC ) {
 				"value": "cell 1 23 5 1"
 			} )
-			add( new FormContainer( "javax.swing.JToolBar", new FormLayoutManager( class javax.swing.JToolBar ) ) {
+			add( new FormContainer( "com.formdev.flatlaf.testing.FlatComponentsTest$TestToolBar", new FormLayoutManager( class javax.swing.JToolBar ) ) {
 				name: "toolBar3"
 				add( new FormComponent( "com.formdev.flatlaf.extras.components.FlatButton" ) {
 					name: "button26"
@@ -1479,7 +1479,7 @@ new FormModel {
 			}, new FormLayoutConstraints( class net.miginfocom.layout.CC ) {
 				"value": "cell 1 23 5 1"
 			} )
-			add( new FormContainer( "javax.swing.JToolBar", new FormLayoutManager( class javax.swing.JToolBar ) ) {
+			add( new FormContainer( "com.formdev.flatlaf.testing.FlatComponentsTest$TestToolBar", new FormLayoutManager( class javax.swing.JToolBar ) ) {
 				name: "toolBar4"
 				add( new FormComponent( "com.formdev.flatlaf.extras.components.FlatButton" ) {
 					name: "button28"