diff --git a/NAMESPACE b/NAMESPACE
index 22620b6..83eae65 100644
--- a/NAMESPACE
+++ b/NAMESPACE
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ importFrom(officer,ph_with)
 importFrom(officer,read_pptx)
 importFrom(officer,styles_info)
 importFrom(officer,to_pml)
+importFrom(scales,hue_pal)
 importFrom(stats,as.formula)
 importFrom(stats,setNames)
 importFrom(stats,update)
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index c4b985a..3e67cb7 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -4,6 +4,14 @@
 
 * fix issue with dcast by making sure all data are preserved.
 
+## New features
+
+* Add support to set chart and plot area color and border by Stefan Moog ;
+added four new theme arguments chart/plot_background and chart/plot_border, 
+new theme `theme_ggplot2()`.
+
+
+
 # mschart 0.4.0
 
 ## New features
diff --git a/R/themes.R b/R/themes.R
index 2551a55..a11e2f0 100644
--- a/R/themes.R
+++ b/R/themes.R
@@ -63,14 +63,15 @@ theme_ggplot2 <- function(x, base_size = 11, base_family = "Arial") {
 #'
 #' p <- theme_ggplot2(p)
 #' p <- chart_fill_ggplot2(p)
+#' @importFrom scales hue_pal
 chart_fill_ggplot2 <- function(x, stroke = TRUE) {
   if (!is.null(x$group)) {
     groups <- unique(x$data[[x$group]])
     ngroups <- length(groups)
-    pal <- scales::hue_pal()(ngroups)
+    pal <- hue_pal()(ngroups)
     names(pal) <- groups
   } else {
-    pal <- scales::hue_pal()(1)
+    pal <- hue_pal()(1)
   }
 
   x <- chart_data_fill(x, values = pal)
diff --git a/man/mschart.Rd b/man/mschart.Rd
index 342635d..2bb0b64 100644
--- a/man/mschart.Rd
+++ b/man/mschart.Rd
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ Other contributors:
   \item ArData [copyright holder]
   \item YouGov [funder]
   \item Jan Marvin Garbuszus (support for openxls2) [contributor]
+  \item Stefan Moog \email{moogs@gmx.de} (support to set chart and plot area color and border) [contributor]
+  \item Eli Daniels \email{eli.daniels@ardata.fr} [contributor]
   \item Marlon Molina (added table feature) [contributor]
   \item Rokas Klydzia (custom labels) [contributor]
   \item David Camposeco \email{david.camposeco.paulsen@gmail.com} (chart_data_smooth function) [contributor]