title: Issue with background color in JavaFX 8
body: <p>Looks like there is an issue with setting background colors for panels in JavaFX 8.</p>
  
  <p>I had been trying the below, but none of them set the appropriate background colors.</p>
  
  <pre><code>VBox panel = new VBox();
  panel.setAlignment(Pos.TOP_LEFT);
  
  // None of the below work
  panel.setStyle("-fx-background-color: #FFFFFF;");
  panel.setBackground(new Background(new BackgroundFill(Color.WHITE, CornerRadii.EMPTY, Insets.EMPTY)));
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Is there something wrong in the way I am setting the background color? This used to work with earlier versions of JavaFX 2.2.</p>
  
  <p>Thanks.</p>