diff --git a/src/widgets/mod.rs b/src/widgets/mod.rs
index bbe8d57..7308f4f 100644
--- a/src/widgets/mod.rs
+++ b/src/widgets/mod.rs
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ impl Plugin for GameUiPlugin {
     app
       .init_resource::<UiTheme>()
       .register_type::<UiTheme>()
+      .add_observer(HoverBackgroundcolor::hover_start)
+      .add_observer(HoverBackgroundcolor::hover_stop)
       .add_observer(CloseButton::hover_start)
       .add_observer(CloseButton::hover_stop)
       .add_observer(CloseButton::press_start)
@@ -216,6 +218,7 @@ impl CloseButton {
       BackgroundColor(GRAY.into()),
       BorderColor(DARK_GRAY.into()),
       BorderRadius::all(Px(2.0)),
+      HoverBackgroundcolor::new(GREEN.into()),
       children![(
         // TODO: Replace with an icon/sprite
         Text::new("X"),
@@ -233,7 +236,7 @@ impl CloseButton {
   ) {
     // Get the components for only the Trigger's target entity
     if let Ok((mut bg, mut border)) = button_colors.get_mut(event.target()) {
-      bg.0 = ui_theme.quiet_hover_bg;
+      // bg.0 = ui_theme.quiet_hover_bg;
       border.0 = ui_theme.quiet_hover_border;
     }
   }
@@ -244,7 +247,7 @@ impl CloseButton {
     ui_theme: Res<UiTheme>,
   ) {
     if let Ok((mut bg, mut border)) = button_colors.get_mut(event.target()) {
-      bg.0 = ui_theme.quiet_bg;
+      // bg.0 = ui_theme.quiet_bg;
       border.0 = ui_theme.quiet_border;
     }
   }
@@ -273,3 +276,48 @@ impl CloseButton {
     }
   }
 }
+
+/// Background color to use for an item being hovered over.
+///
+/// Adding this to an entity both sets the color and implicitly enables the
+/// on-hover behavior. Without it, the system(s) don't find the entity and so
+/// no color changing is exhibited.
+#[derive(Component)]
+struct HoverBackgroundcolor {
+  pub color: Color,
+  // hold onto the original so it can be put back
+  orig_bg: Option<Color>,
+}
+
+impl HoverBackgroundcolor {
+  fn new(color: Color) -> Self {
+    Self {
+      color,
+      orig_bg: None,
+    }
+  }
+
+  fn hover_start(
+    event: Trigger<Pointer<Over>>,
+    // Get button background and border colors so we can change them.
+    // Filter for *changed* interactions, and only entities with a [`Button`]
+    mut colors: Query<(&mut HoverBackgroundcolor, &mut BackgroundColor)>,
+  ) {
+    // Get the components for only the Trigger's target entity
+    if let Ok((mut hover, mut bg)) = colors.get_mut(event.target()) {
+      hover.orig_bg = Some(bg.0); // store the original
+      bg.0 = hover.color;
+    }
+  }
+
+  fn hover_stop(
+    event: Trigger<Pointer<Out>>,
+    mut colors: Query<(&HoverBackgroundcolor, &mut BackgroundColor)>,
+  ) {
+    if let Ok((hover, mut bg)) = colors.get_mut(event.target()) {
+      bg.0 = hover
+        .orig_bg
+        .expect("Tried to restore an original color but there was none!");
+    }
+  }
+}