Changing the background color of a UIAlertView?

I want to change the background color of my UIAlertView, but this doesn't appear to have a color attribute.

Background of AlertView is an image And you can change this image

UIAlertView *theAlert = [[[UIAlertView alloc] initWithTitle:@"Atention"
   message: @"YOUR MESSAGE HERE", nil)
   delegate:nil cancelButtonTitle:@"OK" otherButtonTitles:nil] autorelease];

   [theAlert show];

   UILabel *theTitle = [theAlert valueForKey:@"_titleLabel"];
   [theTitle setTextColor:[UIColor redColor]];

   UILabel *theBody = [theAlert valueForKey:@"_bodyTextLabel"];
   [theBody setTextColor:[UIColor blueColor]];

   UIImage *theImage = [UIImage imageNamed:@"Background.png"];    
   theImage = [theImage stretchableImageWithLeftCapWidth:16 topCapHeight:16];
   CGSize theSize = [theAlert frame].size;

   UIGraphicsBeginImageContext(theSize);    
   [theImage drawInRect:CGRectMake(0, 0, theSize.width, theSize.height)];    
   theImage = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext();    
   UIGraphicsEndImageContext();

   [[theAlert layer] setContents:[theImage CGImage]];

I've also find an almost identical workaround and, in my case, it works better. Using oxigen way out i've discovered a poor result on the screen and the context get blurred. Rather than subclassing UIAlertView I implement:

- (void)willPresentAlertView:(UIAlertView *)alertView;

so...just copy & paste

- (void)willPresentAlertView:(UIAlertView *)alertView 
{
    blah blah blah...
    [[alertView layer] setContents:(id)theImage.CGImage];  // to avoid the warning
}