Thanks for the advice I found a similar bug and submitted it to the comments with a link to this page and attached the above screen shot.

Thanks for all the help.

https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/171077

thanks for the Idea! This is exactly what I was looking for. I'll admit it's a cluge but it works. As for the reason why, its more of a mental thing with me. It helps me focus on the document and how the final document will look. when the entire working area is white it hard for me to separate the f...