I want to use the Photo Essay layout in iphoto, but with a black background

but this doesn't seem possible (only white bg). How do I apply a black background to the Photo Essay layout?
Thank You!

Thanks for those examples. Yes, I see how to change bg color with a text page, but bg colors are still greyed out when I try to use them with a photo-only page.
It is impossible to select the black (or any other color) bg. Perhaps this is because, as you said, the white border is part of the Photo Essay template. This isn't an issue in other templates, and I would be perfectly happy using Picture Book, but that template doesn't give the same arrangement options, particularly on the 6-photos to a page layouts. I wish there were more flexibility/options with these layouts--they are very limiting.

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