border color and vertical padding

Hey Matt,
1st question is regarding ‘border color’ in Customize.
I have #000000 chosen and on my webpage it shows up grey
http://www.kevinriepl.com
the slide show is being used on the home page of my theme. my index.php is calling a
home_page.php which has the code for the slideshow:

<div class="banner_frame"; align="center">
 <?php if ( function_exists('easingsliderpro') ) { easingsliderpro( 3 ); } ?>
</div>

How do I get it to appear black, like I’ve selected in the easing slider settings?

2nd question: I need the slide show to sit a little lower on the page…how do I add padding to the code above to bring it down a bit?

Thanks in advance!

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