Windows store app: change background color of the Appbar

Question

I have an Appbar on my app and the background is white, any ideas how I can change this? Here is my code:

 <AppBar>
     <Button       
    Style="{StaticResource HomeAppBarButtonStyle}" /> 
  </AppBar>

This gives:

But I want to change it to this:

Answer 1

The AppBar has a Background property. Use that property to set the color, for example by using a resource.

<AppBar  Background="{StaticResource AppBarBackground}">

AppBarBackground could be SolidColorBrush