diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 67af61a..fcd7c8b 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Package: kableExtra
 Type: Package
 Title: Construct Complex Table with 'kable' and Pipe Syntax
-Version: 0.4.0
+Version: 0.4.0.9000
 Authors@R: c(
     person('Hao', 'Zhu', email = 'haozhu233@gmail.com', role = c('aut', 'cre')),
     person('Will', 'Beasley', email = 'wibeasley@hotmail.com', role = 'ctb'),
diff --git a/R/kable_styling.R b/R/kable_styling.R
index e1d5c81..cd46bcc 100644
--- a/R/kable_styling.R
+++ b/R/kable_styling.R
@@ -33,10 +33,13 @@
 #' a `LaTeX` table, if `float_*` is selected, `LaTeX` package `wrapfig` will be
 #' imported.
 #' @param font_size A numeric input for table font size
-#' @param ... extra options for HTML or LaTeX. For LaTeX, extra options includes
-#' `repeat_header_method` and `repeat_header_text`. `repeat_header_method` can
-#' either be `append`(default) or `replace` while `repeat_header_text` is just a
-#' text string you want to append on or replace the caption.
+#' @param ... extra options for HTML or LaTeX. See `details`.
+#'
+#' @details For LaTeX, extra options includes:
+#' - `repeat_header_method` can either be `append`(default) or `replace`
+#' - `repeat_header_text` is just a text string you want to append on or
+#' replace the caption.
+#' - `strip_color` allows users to pick a different color for their strip lines.
 #'
 #' @examples x_html <- knitr::kable(head(mtcars), "html")
 #' kable_styling(x_html, "striped", position = "left", font_size = 7)
@@ -172,7 +175,8 @@
                                           "float_left", "float_right"),
                              font_size = NULL,
                              repeat_header_text = "\\textit{(continued)}",
-                             repeat_header_method = c("append", "replace")) {
+                             repeat_header_method = c("append", "replace"),
+                             strip_color = "gray!6") {
 
   latex_options <- match.arg(
     latex_options,
@@ -187,7 +191,7 @@
   table_info <- magic_mirror(kable_input)
 
   if ("striped" %in% latex_options) {
-    out <- styling_latex_striped(out, table_info)
+    out <- styling_latex_striped(out, table_info, strip_color)
   }
 
   # hold_position is only meaningful in a table environment
@@ -220,12 +224,12 @@
   return(out)
 }
 
-styling_latex_striped <- function(x, table_info) {
+styling_latex_striped <- function(x, table_info, color) {
   # gray!6 is the same as shadecolor ({RGB}{248, 248, 248}) in pdf_document
   if (table_info$tabular == "longtable" & !is.na(table_info$caption)) {
-    row_color <- "\\rowcolors{2}{white}{gray!6}"
+    row_color <- sprintf("\\rowcolors{2}{white}{%s}", color)
   } else {
-    row_color <- "\\rowcolors{2}{gray!6}{white}"
+    row_color <- sprintf("\\rowcolors{2}{%s}{white}", color)
   }
 
   x <- read_lines(x)
diff --git a/docs/awesome_table_in_pdf.Rmd b/docs/awesome_table_in_pdf.Rmd
index 49724f7..f6e73e3 100644
--- a/docs/awesome_table_in_pdf.Rmd
+++ b/docs/awesome_table_in_pdf.Rmd
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   %\VignetteEncoding{UTF-8}
 ---
 
-> Please see the package [documentation site](http://haozhu233.github.io/kableExtra) for how to use this package in HTML and more. 
+> Please see the package [documentation site](http://haozhu233.github.io/kableExtra) for how to use this package in HTML and more.  
 
 # Overview
 The goal of `kableExtra` is to help you build common complex tables and manipulate table styles. It imports the pipe `%>%` symbol from `magrittr` and verbalize all the functions, so basically you can add "layers" to a kable output in a way that is similar with `ggplot2` and `plotly`. 
diff --git a/docs/awesome_table_in_pdf.pdf b/docs/awesome_table_in_pdf.pdf
index ff0cb1b..f7bace8 100644
--- a/docs/awesome_table_in_pdf.pdf
+++ b/docs/awesome_table_in_pdf.pdf
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diff --git a/man/kable_styling.Rd b/man/kable_styling.Rd
index 3c6f766..6bb43a2 100644
--- a/man/kable_styling.Rd
+++ b/man/kable_styling.Rd
@@ -44,16 +44,22 @@
 
 \item{font_size}{A numeric input for table font size}
 
-\item{...}{extra options for HTML or LaTeX. For LaTeX, extra options includes
-\code{repeat_header_method} and \code{repeat_header_text}. \code{repeat_header_method} can
-either be \code{append}(default) or \code{replace} while \code{repeat_header_text} is just a
-text string you want to append on or replace the caption.}
+\item{...}{extra options for HTML or LaTeX. See \code{details}.}
 }
 \description{
 This function provides a cleaner approach to modify the style
 of HTML tables other than using the \code{table.attr} option in \code{knitr::kable()}.
 Currenly, it assumes the HTML document has boot
 }
+\details{
+For LaTeX, extra options includes:
+\itemize{
+\item \code{repeat_header_method} can either be \code{append}(default) or \code{replace}
+\item \code{repeat_header_text} is just a text string you want to append on or
+replace the caption.
+\item \code{strip_color} allows users to pick a different color for their strip lines.
+}
+}
 \examples{
 x_html <- knitr::kable(head(mtcars), "html")
 kable_styling(x_html, "striped", position = "left", font_size = 7)
diff --git a/tests/visual_tests/kable_styling_pdf.Rmd b/tests/visual_tests/kable_styling_pdf.Rmd
index 7acd914..b48fe35 100644
--- a/tests/visual_tests/kable_styling_pdf.Rmd
+++ b/tests/visual_tests/kable_styling_pdf.Rmd
@@ -54,7 +54,8 @@
 
 ```{r}
 kable(dt, format = "latex", booktabs = T, longtable = T, caption = "sss") %>%
-  kable_styling(latex_options = c("striped", "hold_position"), font_size = 6, position = "float_left")
+  kable_styling(latex_options = c("striped", "hold_position"), font_size = 6, 
+                position = "float_left", strip_color = "red")
 ```
 
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