wanting to fill a created pattern to a colour

[Elise5ED1]

Hi, I'm wondering if there's way to colour in a pattern background (not the main image). I have created the background throught doing it through the contact sheet and then coping it to another page where i then createred it into a filled pattern then had the centred image and put in an overlay. But im wanting to tint the background (hopefully it can be seen)

kind regards elise 

[hatstead]

This is the forum for Photoshop Elements. You are using full Photoshop and you may be well served to head over to that forum.

Having said that, in PSE I would colorize the entire image, then with a mask paint with black to reveal your "Central Image."

If you have saved the file with the layer structure intact, you can selectively colorize the background pattern layer to suit.

[Jeff Arola]

I would suggest using a Color Overlay layer style set to Overlay.

If we could see all your layers there may be a different or better way.

[hatstead]

Silence from OP so far.