In case table cell doesn't have background directly applied it should inherit the background of its parent table. This item is migrated to the Telerik Document Processing portal: http://feedback.telerik.com/Project/184/Feedback/Details/190064 Please use the new item for commenting, voting and subscribing instead of this one.
I don't think this is quite right, I think the cell should have a transparent background by default, and therefore the table background will show through.