Comment 5 for bug 397723

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jazzynico (jazzynico) wrote : Re: Draw a chessboard in the background to know when alpha < 100%

https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/169623/comments/12
"In a perfect world, the canvas color would actually be a checkerboard of two colors, like the GIMP or any other program has."
The original report may not be about checker board, but it's author fully agrees with you :)