Quick answer for new keynote user

I'm sure this is an easy answer, but I just don't know the program that well yet.
Though I can select it, there is this double divider line on my slides that I want to change the color of or delete. I can't seem to find anything in inspector which allows me to mess with it. I can copy and paste it, duplicate it, but not delete it. Help? Picture attached.
Jeremy

I found that when I just had the Colors palette open and I tried chanign the color, the intended color change didn't actually "stick". Instead, on the lower part of the main toolbar, toward the left, I clicked the swatch for the current color of the line, then clicked the little "show colors" link. Even though that gave me the same color palette, the color changes I made actually worked.

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