This seems to be theme-dependent. When I use a theme like Radiance, for example, this works as expected:
1) Background: None - looks like my Gtk theme
2) Background: Solid color - looks like the color I choose, even if transparent
3) Background: Image - looks like the image, even if transparent
But when I try Clearlooks, items (2) and (3) above look like (1).
Hmm...
This seems to be theme-dependent. When I use a theme like Radiance, for example, this works as expected:
1) Background: None - looks like my Gtk theme
2) Background: Solid color - looks like the color I choose, even if transparent
3) Background: Image - looks like the image, even if transparent
But when I try Clearlooks, items (2) and (3) above look like (1).