How Do I Keep Actionbar Items' Background The Same While Changing The App's Main Background?

I am trying to change the background of the app, but when I do the below (sdk 14) the items in the actionbar also change to match the new background color. The actionbar itself has

Solution 1:

Try replacing

<item name="android:background">@color/background</item>

with

 <item name="android:windowBackground">@color/background</item>