diff -r 93e87decaddf o.n.swing.outline/src/org/netbeans/swing/outline/DefaultOutlineCellRenderer.java
--- a/o.n.swing.outline/src/org/netbeans/swing/outline/DefaultOutlineCellRenderer.java	Mon Feb 11 12:13:10 2013 +0100
+++ b/o.n.swing.outline/src/org/netbeans/swing/outline/DefaultOutlineCellRenderer.java	Fri Mar 08 12:20:29 2013 +0000
@@ -280,6 +280,9 @@
                 lastRendererRef = new WeakReference<RenderDataProvider>(rendata);
                 lastRenderedValueRef = new WeakReference<Object>(value);
                 Color bg = rendata.getBackground(value);
+                if (bg == table.getBackground()) {
+                    bg = this.getBackground();
+                }
                 Color fg = rendata.getForeground(value);
                 if (bg != null && !isSelected) {
                     if (swingRendering) {
diff -r 93e87decaddf openide.explorer/test/unit/src/org/openide/explorer/view/DefaultOutlineCellRendererTest.java
--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/openide.explorer/test/unit/src/org/openide/explorer/view/DefaultOutlineCellRendererTest.java	Fri Mar 08 12:20:29 2013 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,127 @@
+/*
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS HEADER.
+ *
+ * Copyright 2013 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * Oracle and Java are registered trademarks of Oracle and/or its affiliates.
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+ * General Public License Version 2 only ("GPL") or the Common
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+ * made subject to such option by the copyright holder.
+ *
+ * Contributor(s):
+ *
+ * Portions Copyrighted 2013 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
+ */
+package org.openide.explorer.view;
+
+import java.awt.Color;
+import java.awt.Component;
+import javax.swing.Icon;
+import javax.swing.UIManager;
+import javax.swing.table.DefaultTableModel;
+import javax.swing.tree.DefaultMutableTreeNode;
+import javax.swing.tree.DefaultTreeModel;
+import javax.swing.tree.TreeModel;
+import org.netbeans.junit.NbTestCase;
+import org.netbeans.swing.outline.DefaultOutlineCellRenderer;
+import org.netbeans.swing.outline.DefaultOutlineModel;
+import org.netbeans.swing.outline.Outline;
+import org.netbeans.swing.outline.OutlineModel;
+import org.netbeans.swing.outline.RenderDataProvider;
+
+/**
+ *
+ * @author aoanc
+ */
+public class DefaultOutlineCellRendererTest extends NbTestCase {
+    public DefaultOutlineCellRendererTest(String name) {
+        super(name);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected boolean runInEQ() {
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Test of getTableCellRendererComponent method, of class
+     * DefaultOutlineCellRenderer.
+     */
+    public void testGetTableCellRendererComponent() {
+        System.out.println("getTableCellRendererComponent");
+        UIManager.put("Table.alternateRowColor", Color.red);
+        final DefaultMutableTreeNode node1 = new DefaultMutableTreeNode();
+        final DefaultMutableTreeNode node2 = new DefaultMutableTreeNode();
+        final Object[][] values = new Object[][]{{node1, "01"}, {node2, "11"}};
+        final String[] names = new String[]{"col1", "col2"};
+        TreeModel treeModel = new DefaultTreeModel(new DefaultMutableTreeNode());
+        DefaultTableModel tableModel = new DefaultTableModel(values, names);
+        OutlineModel model = new DefaultOutlineModel(treeModel, tableModel, false, "Col1") {
+        };
+        final Outline outline = new Outline(model);
+        outline.setRenderDataProvider(new RenderDataProvider() {
+
+            @Override
+            public String getDisplayName(Object o) {
+                return "name";
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public boolean isHtmlDisplayName(Object o) {
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public Color getBackground(Object o) {
+                return outline.getBackground();
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public Color getForeground(Object o) {
+                return Color.GREEN;
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public String getTooltipText(Object o) {
+                return "hi";
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public Icon getIcon(Object o) {
+                return null;
+            }
+        });
+        DefaultOutlineCellRenderer instance = new DefaultOutlineCellRenderer();
+        Component result = instance.getTableCellRendererComponent(outline, node1, false, false, 0, 0);
+        assertEquals("First line backgroundColor is as set", Color.red, result.getBackground());
+        result = instance.getTableCellRendererComponent(outline, node2, false, false, 1, 0);
+        assertEquals("Second line backgroundColor is as set", outline.getBackground(), result.getBackground());
+    }
+}