Changing layer colors

Can anyone help? I am trying to change 2 color layers in a psd file and can't figure out how to do it...
Note, I tried to attach the .psd file here but the upload manager wouldn't let me.

Hi tried that but it won't open the dialogue. Can I email the file to you since it wouldn't let me upload the psd?

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Hope I Am Posting In The Right Section,
I Have A Photoshop File Which Looks Like Shown Above..
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