Step 15: Add A Color Overlay Layer Style To "Layer 2"

To change the color of your photo border to something other than white, first switch back over to your Layers panel. Make sure "Layer 2" is selected and highlighted in blue, then click on the Layer Styles icon at the bottom of the Layers panel and select Color Overlay from the list that appears:

This brings up Photoshop's Layer Style dialog box set to the Color Overlay options in the center column. To change the color, click on the color swatch:

This brings up Photoshop' Color Picker:

You can choose a color from the Color Picker, but what I prefer to do with photo borders is sample a color directly from the photo itself, which allows the border to blend in more naturally. To sample a color from the photo, leave the Color Picker open and move your mouse cursor over the image. You'll see the cursor change to an eyedropper icon. Click on the color you want to sample and you'll see the color of the photo border instantly change to that color. I'm going to sample a grayish-red color from the fence:

Once you've chosen your color, click OK to exit out of the Color Picker, then click OK to exit out of the Layer Style dialog box, and you're done! Here's my photo border after stroking the path initially with the Brush Tool, erasing part of it with the Eraser Tool, and finally, changing the color of the border with a Color Overlay layer style:

And there we have it!

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