How to get the default notification background color for custom notification in Lollipop?

Question

I\'m having an issue with the color of my custom notification background in Lollipop. It\'s black where it should be white. The textColor is OK:

I\'m using

Answer 1

I'm not sure what the theme of the background is but I just set the background of my custom layouts (small view and large view) to a dark colour in the xml. This then matches the pre-Lollipop notifications more closely.

I find it bizarre that the appearance of android:TextAppearance.StatusBar.EventContent.Title doesn't adjust to a dark colour for Lollipop when the standard notification colour is white!