Android ripple background color

It's a lot easier to do with styles:

<style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar">
   ...
   <item name="colorControlHighlight">@color/ripple_material_dark</item>
   ...
</style>

You can control the colour of the RippleDrawable by doing the following:

RippleDrawable rippleDrawable = (RippleDrawable)view.getBackground(); // assumes bg is a RippleDrawable

int[][] states = new int[][] { new int[] { android.R.attr.state_enabled} };
int[] colors = new int[] { Color.BLUE }; // sets the ripple color to blue

ColorStateList colorStateList = new ColorStateList(states, colors);
rippleDrawable.setColor(colorStateList);

Or, via XML:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<ripple
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:color="#FFFF0000"> <!-- The ripple will be red -->

    <!-- the normal bg color will be light grey -->
    <item>
        <color android:color="#FFDDDDDD" />
    </item>

    <!-- make sure the ripple doesn't exceed the bounds -->
    <item android:id="@android:id/mask">
        <shape android:shape="rectangle">
            <solid android:color="?android:colorAccent" />
        </shape>
    </item>
</ripple>

EDIT

After seeing @i.shadrin's answer below, I must admit it's a much simpler approach (using styles). If this is an option for you, I would recommend it.