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The canvas color by default is the background color.
When I create a mat around a photo I click a lighter tone in my center of interest with the eye-dropper to set it as the foreground color, and alt/opt+click on a dark shadow value in the background or foreground to set it as the background color. Then I select all and stroke a 1-2pt rule on the inside using the foreground color, then expand canvas, which uses the background color by default. With the rule isolating the photo from the mat I can click the mat with the magic wand to select it alone, then tweek its color tone with hue/saturation by eye for the best balance with the photo.
In CS3 there is a pull down menu for selecting foreground/background/white/gray/black/other
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