Flex Hero - Proper way to alter style/color

Surely there is an easy way to alter the color of the View...or specifically the Header/ActionBar at the top.
For example, like I see on this site:
http://thoughtfaqtory.com/blog/2010/11/10/adobe-flex-mobile-overview-part-1/
I'd like to be able to alter the background colors to something other then the default black. Must I create a new skin for this?
Darren

I tried setting that in the "design" editor and didn't see any change...so I never thought of trying that.
Setting it directly in the mxml code on the MobileApplication object made the change.
Thanks,
Darren

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Hello everyone,
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FabioFranchello wrote:
JLabel picture = null;
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We come upon this while viewing one of our compiled CHM files. There was a big empty space inside a paragraph.
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