how to change the background color of the viewController in objective-c

UIColor *colour = [[UIColor alloc]initWithRed:57.0/255.0 green:156.0/255.0 blue:52.0/255.0 alpha:1.0];
self.view.backgroundColor = colour;

Adapted from Frank Shearar's answer.

UIViewController *yourVC;
UIColor *colour = [[UIColor alloc] initWithRed: 1.0 green: 0.0 blue: 0.0 alpha: 1.0];
[yourVC.view.backgrounColor] = colour;
[colour release];