Background color when image proportions are not 4:3

in order to avoid keynote messing with the image proportions when i import a photo, i go to inspector, slide, appearance, background - image fill, and choose to grab an image. This way if it's 3:2 or 16:9 it won't get mangled. the problem is that even though my theme is "black" and "blank", it places the image with white borders. any way to fix this?
the only way i've found so far is if i drag and drop the image into the slide, but then the proportions are totally mangled and it takes 2 minutes to get the image properly fitted into the slide

I guess the way im describing makes it seem impossible. i'll try again. for off-sized pictures, i want the entire image on the slide. If i import it as "background image fill" then the whole image appears on the screen, proportions unchanged, uncropped. Yes, there are blank (white) spaces around the image, but i don't mind those at all. I just want them to be black. The ONLY issue with importing like that (besides that it is slow, which isn't a problem i care about solving if it looks right) is that it generates white space around the image.
There is no easy tool to change that white to black? (again - the theme is black and blank, all slides, already)
The black issue is solved if i drag the image into the slide, but then i have to spend way too long jostling the image into position, pulling the corners out, in, etc.
Here's the thing - i dont even mind if the proportions get whacked a little bit - they inevitable do anyway when i start pulling the corners around: all i want is the entire image to be on the slide, and for the parts of the slide that aren't images to be black.
thank you for your help! i feel insane!

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