Greetings Monks,

I would like to change the background colour of a Label in Tk. I made this: 
my $test = $mw->Label(-textvariable => \$some_text,
                   -justify => 'center',
                   -foreground => 'black',
                   -background => \$bg_colour,
                  );

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Unfortunately, this does not work (unknown color name "SCALAR(0x8322488)"...). Is there a trick to change the background colour?

Update: The reference was the result of some experimenting. When I remove it, the error is gone, but I still cannot change the colour. I get and keep the background colour when $test is created.
Thank you all, F.

In reply to changing the background of a Tk Label by fcvw

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