UINavigationBar.appearance().barTintColor = UIColor.redColor()

UINavigationBar.appearance().titleTextAttributes = [NSForegroundColorAttributeName:UIColor.whiteColor()]

UIBarButtonItem.appearance().tintColor = UIColor.yellowColor()

let navBgImage:UIImage = UIImage(named: “bg_blog_navbar_reduced.jpg”)! UINavigationBar.appearance().setBackgroundImage(navBgImage, forBarMetrics: .Default)

UINavigationBar.appearance().tintColor = UIColor.whiteColor()

or you can also access UINavigationBar through the UINavigationController and change UINavigationBar tint color For example:

self.navigationController!.navigationBar.barTintColor = UIColor.yellowColor()

self.navigationController!.navigationBar.titleTextAttributes = [NSForegroundColorAttributeName: UIColor.blackColor()]

let navBgImage:UIImage = UIImage(named: “image.jpg”)! self.navigationController!.navigationBar.setBackgroundImage(navBgImage, forBarMetrics: .default)