Thank you very much for your interest in this discussion, this is all very helpful to me being a novice. This has been a good stepping off point into learning some of the specifics of inkscape. I'll be designing a website soon, so I'm sure to bump onto some more unknowns. I looked into suggestions p...

Thanks for your replies, I found a workaround and I'd like to explore this further. The easy solution was to move the logo + black field into the main black background. Then I used eyedropper & paintbucket to make sure the moved portion color was matched to the background. Interesting suggestion...

I'm new to Inkscape and understand the basics, but am having a difficulty with isolating an object. I've created a business card w/ a black background. Brought in the logo, white on black background, added text. All good. Background, logo, and text are in 3 different layers. Exported as pdf to have ...