Change color of translucent black UINavigationBar

Question

I stumbled upon this many times, never found a solution. A UINavigationController\'s navigationBar can be set to black translucent like:

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Answer 1

At least in iOS 6 on an iPhone 4S, you can make a colored translucent navigation bar like this:

self.navigationController.navigationBar.tintColor = [UIColor blueColor];
self.navigationController.navigationBar.translucent = YES;

The alpha setting doesn't seem to be necessary anymore. This also leaves my title bright white and my buttons opaque.