Larry,

I am sure, that the pageframe is a litte bit brighter.

We used Photopaint to get RGB-values and they are approx. 246,246,246.
I think, that MS make pageframes brighter by default by changing one
of the getsyscolor.

You can see the difference in color in every window system dialogue with a pageframe (f.e. in properties sheet of your lan connection).

I hope, I am not the only one who sees that, otherwise I've to go to an eye specialist.

Bye,
-Andreas