You can now set the Stage.backgroundColor using either hex or numeric values.

src/core/Stage.js

@@ -61,6 +61,12 @@ Phaser.Stage = function (game, width, height) {
     */
     this._nextOffsetCheck = 0;
 
+    /**
+    * @property {number} _backgroundColor - Stage background color.
+    * @private
+    */
+    this._backgroundColor;
+
     if (game.config)
     {
         this.parseConfig(game.config);
@@ -275,11 +281,26 @@ Phaser.Stage.prototype.visibilityChange = function (event) {
 
 }
 
+/**
+* Sets the background color for the stage.
+*
+* @name Phaser.Stage#setBackgroundColor
+* @param {number} backgroundColor - The color of the background, easiest way to pass this in is in hex format like: 0xFFFFFF for white.
+*/
+Phaser.Stage.prototype.setBackgroundColor = function(backgroundColor)
+{
+    this._backgroundColor = backgroundColor || 0x000000;
+    this.backgroundColorSplit = PIXI.hex2rgb(this.backgroundColor);
+    var hex = this._backgroundColor.toString(16);
+    hex = '000000'.substr(0, 6 - hex.length) + hex;
+    this.backgroundColorString = '#' + hex;
+}
+
 /**
 * @name Phaser.Stage#backgroundColor
 * @property {number|string} backgroundColor - Gets and sets the background color of the stage. The color can be given as a number: 0xff0000 or a hex string: '#ff0000'
 */
-Object.defineProperty(Phaser.Stage.prototype, "NEWbackgroundColor", {
+Object.defineProperty(Phaser.Stage.prototype, "backgroundColor", {
 
     get: function () {
         return this._backgroundColor;

src/pixi/extras/TilingSprite.js

@@ -408,9 +408,17 @@ PIXI.TilingSprite.prototype.generateTilingTexture = function(forcePowerOfTwo)
     {
         if(isFrame)
         {
-            targetWidth = frame.width;
-            targetHeight = frame.height;
-           
+            if (texture.trim)
+            {
+                targetWidth = texture.trim.width;
+                targetHeight = texture.trim.height;
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                targetWidth = frame.width;
+                targetHeight = frame.height;
+            }           
+
             newTextureRequired = true;
             
         }
@@ -443,7 +451,7 @@ PIXI.TilingSprite.prototype.generateTilingTexture = function(forcePowerOfTwo)
             this.tilingTexture.isTiling = true;
 
         }
-        
+
         canvasBuffer.context.drawImage(texture.baseTexture.source,
                                            frame.x,
                                            frame.y,