diff --git a/src/drawShapes.js b/src/drawShapes.js
index 6d9a235..7db5311 100644
--- a/src/drawShapes.js
+++ b/src/drawShapes.js
@@ -146,6 +146,14 @@ export default class DrawShapes {
 		this.horns = this.pipVertices[HEX][FLAT][6].concat(this.pipVertices[HEX][POINTY][6]);
 	}
 
+	background (context, height, width, color) {
+		context.beginPath();
+		context.rect(0, 0, width, height);
+		context.fillStyle = getColor(color);
+		context.closePath();
+		context.fill();
+	}
+
 	pip (context, scale, cellX, cellY, vertexX, vertexY, pipRadius, pipDistance) {
 		const x = cellX + (pipDistance * vertexX);
 		const y = cellY + (pipDistance * vertexY);
diff --git a/src/main.js b/src/main.js
index 826e9f5..93fb122 100644
--- a/src/main.js
+++ b/src/main.js
@@ -186,8 +186,8 @@ class Demo {
 		Tessellate.Shapes.pips(context, scale, pixelPoint.getX(), pixelPoint.getY(), tile);
 	}
 
-	draw({context, scale, tilePoints}) {
-		this.tessellate.background({
+	draw({context, height, width, scale, tilePoints}) {
+		Tessellate.Shapes.background(context, height, width, {
 			red: 64,
 			green: 32,
 			blue: 128,
diff --git a/src/sketch.js b/src/sketch.js
index dadb30c..3b99ef5 100644
--- a/src/sketch.js
+++ b/src/sketch.js
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ export default class Sketch {
 
 		[
 			'getContext',
-			'background',
 			'onResize',
 			'render',
 		].map(method => this[method] = this[method].bind(this));
@@ -33,14 +32,6 @@ export default class Sketch {
 		return this.context;
 	}
 
-	background ({red, green, blue, alpha}) {
-		this.context.beginPath();
-		this.context.rect(0, 0, this.canvas.width, this.canvas.height);
-		this.context.fillStyle = getColor({red, green, blue, alpha});
-		this.context.closePath();
-		this.context.fill();
-	}
-
 	onResize (event) {
 		const width = this.container.offsetWidth;
 		const height = this.container.offsetHeight;
diff --git a/src/tessellate.js b/src/tessellate.js
index 59cf1c6..3b98202 100644
--- a/src/tessellate.js
+++ b/src/tessellate.js
@@ -212,18 +212,15 @@ export class Tessellate {
 		return funky.flatten(this.cartographer.boundingBox(upperLeft, upperRight, lowerLeft, lowerRight));
 	}
 
-	background (color) {
-		this.sketch.background(color);
-	}
-
 	draw (context) {
 		const canvas = context.canvas;
-		const width = canvas.width;
 		const height = canvas.height;
+		const width = canvas.width;
 
 		this.settings.draw({
 			context,
 
+			height, width,
 			scale: this.cartographer.getScale(),
 
 			tilePoints: this.getTilePoints({