How to get a background color on a text

[KatjaSohl]

So I have a text and I've colored it in white.

 

But I would like to have the background, which surrounds the text, in a different color.

 

How can I get that?

Thanks in advance.

/Kata

[Leigh]

Welcome to the forums KatjaSohl!

 

The simplest way would be to the use the Rectangle Tool from the left hand toolbar, make a shape to fit your canvas and apply a colour to it from the Colour Panel. You then need to drag this layer down below your Text layer in the Layers Panel :)