You can make them have solid colors on a black or white background, you can make them have a picture inside with a black or white background, or you can make the whole screen have a background image and the tiles can have a semi-transparent color
overlay over that background image, and you can even control the amount of transparency those tiles have.
Not exact matches
Over 2,300 icons are included, each sporting a solid - colored
background overlaid with a white logo that casts a long drop shadow.
There seems to be a new kind of Live Tile which, when tapped, opens an
overlay of additional buttons that hover
over the other tiles in the
background.