How to make a tkinter Label background transparent?

I have a window with a label as my frame. I did this because i wanted an image in the background. But now im having trouble with the other labels i have used. The other labels i have used to actually labeled things dont have a transparent background. Is there a way to make the background of these labels transparent? ``` import Tkinter as tk root = tk.Tk() root.title('background image') image1 = Tk.PhotoImage(file='image_name.gif') # get the image size w = image1.width() h = image1.height() # make the root window the size of the image root.geometry("%dx%d" % (w, h)) # root has no image argument, so use a label as a panel panel1 = tk.Label(root, image=image1) panel1.pack(side='top', fill='both', expand='yes') # put a button/label on the image panel to test it label1 = tk.Label(panel1, text='here i am') label1.pack(side=Top) button2 = tk.Button(panel1, text='button2') button2.pack(side='top') # start the event loop root.mainloop() ```