--- ../SIM.archive/SRC/graphics.c	Fri Mar  1 07:28:51 1996
+++ SRC/graphics.c	Thu Feb 21 19:26:57 2002
@@ -321,8 +321,18 @@
 void DrawWorldSquare(struct World *world)
 {
   struct Object *object;
-
+  XImage *background;
+ 
   DrawPlate(33,20,504,504,GREY_69,PLATE_DOWN);
+  //-- Hack to get the simulator's color polling kluge to work when the actual color
+  // doesn't match the requested one exactly.
+  // This is where the background for the world pane gets drawn, so we can grab it without fear
+  // of some object being there.
+  background = XGetImage(display,window,WORLD_OFFSET_X,WORLD_OFFSET_Y,10,10,255,XYPixmap);
+  world->BackgroundPixel = XGetPixel(background,5,5); 
+  if(background)
+    XDestroyImage(background);
+  
   object = world->Objects;
   while (object)
   {