 		contentView.grid.layout = .Vertical
 		contentView.grid.contentInsetPreset = .Square3
 		contentView.grid.spacing = 16
+		contentView.backgroundColor = MaterialColor.clear
 		cardView.addSubview(contentView)
 		
 		let titleView: MaterialView = MaterialView()
 		titleView.grid.column = .Cell8
 		titleView.grid.row = .Cell3
+		titleView.backgroundColor = MaterialColor.clear
 		contentView.addSubview(titleView)
 		
 		let titleLabel: UILabel = UILabel()
 		titleLabel.grid.column = .Cell7
 		titleLabel.text = "Title"
 		titleLabel.textColor = MaterialColor.blueGrey.darken4
+		titleLabel.backgroundColor = MaterialColor.clear
 		titleView.addSubview(titleLabel)
 		
 		image = UIImage(named: "ic_more_vert_white")?.imageWithRenderingMode(.AlwaysTemplate)

	
	/// Prepares the small card example.
	private func prepareSmallCardViewExample() {
		let cardView: MaterialView = MaterialView(frame: CGRectMake(16, 100, view.bounds.width - 32, 200))
		cardView.depth = .Depth1
		view.addSubview(cardView)
		

		moreButton.setImage(image, forState: .Highlighted)
		titleView.addSubview(moreButton)
		
		let detailLabel: UILabel = UILabel()
		detailLabel.grid.row = .Cell6
		detailLabel.numberOfLines = 0
		detailLabel.lineBreakMode = .ByTruncatingTail
		detailLabel.font = RobotoFont.regularWithSize(12)
		detailLabel.text = "There are many variations of passages of Lorem Ipsum available, but the majority have suffered alteration in some form, by injected humour, or randomised words which don't look even slightly believable."
		detailLabel.textColor = MaterialColor.blueGrey.darken4
		detailLabel.backgroundColor = MaterialColor.clear
		contentView.addSubview(detailLabel)

		let alarmView: MaterialView = MaterialView()
		alarmView.grid.column = .Cell8
		alarmView.grid.row = .Cell3
		alarmView.backgroundColor = MaterialColor.clear
		contentView.addSubview(alarmView)
		
		let alarmLabel: UILabel = UILabel()
		alarmLabel.grid.column = .Cell7
		alarmLabel.font = RobotoFont.regularWithSize(12)
		alarmLabel.text = "34 min"
		alarmLabel.textColor = MaterialColor.blueGrey.darken4
		alarmLabel.backgroundColor = MaterialColor.clear
		alarmView.addSubview(alarmLabel)
		
		image = UIImage(named: "ic_alarm_white")?.imageWithRenderingMode(.AlwaysTemplate)
