Change a clips color on iMovie

Hello,
I am making a 3D clip on iMovie 10.0.6, and to do that I need to place a blue clip on top of a red clip.
I am able to change a clip to blue but I cannot put it in red. I have done some research and it tells me that I need to put advanced tools or something similar but it isn't on my version of iMovie.
So the big question is how do i put a clip in red?
Thank you for your help,
Adrien

It has been reported on the web that Apple has a problem with the calendar/colors, the same thing happened in August, if I recall correctly. We can only wait for a fix.

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