UISearchBar.appearance().barTintColor = UIColor(hue: 359/360, saturation: 67/100, brightness: 71/100, alpha: 1)
UISearchBar.appearance().tintColor = UIColor(hue: 359/360, saturation: 67/100, brightness: 71/100, alpha: 1)

for subView in self.filmSearchBar.subviews {

    for subsubView in subView.subviews {

        if let searchBarTextField = subsubView as? UITextField {

            searchBarTextField.attributedPlaceholder = NSAttributedString(string: NSLocalizedString("Search Cinevu film reviews", comment: ""), attributes: [NSForegroundColorAttributeName: UIColor.whiteColor()])

            searchBarTextField.textColor = UIColor.whiteColor()

        }

    }

}

let cancelButtonAttributes: NSDictionary = [NSForegroundColorAttributeName: UIColor.whiteColor()]
UIBarButtonItem.appearance().setTitleTextAttributes(cancelButtonAttributes as? [String : AnyObject], forState: UIControlState.Normal)

let cancelButtonAttributes: [String: AnyObject] = [NSForegroundColorAttributeName: UIColor.white]

UIBarButtonItem.appearance(whenContainedInInstancesOf: [UISearchBar.self]).setTitleTextAttributes(cancelButtonAttributes, for: .normal)

UIBarButtonItem.appearance(whenContainedInInstancesOf: [UISearchBar.self]).setTitleTextAttributes([NSAttributedStringKey(rawValue: NSAttributedStringKey.foregroundColor.rawValue): UIColor.white], for: .normal)