Thank you for the help.But I have to say ,I guess I am not following the directions properly or not understanding.
One of my art directors gave me this info which works.
Open the image,copy it to a layer,take magic wand tool & click on 1 of the areas of the background,go to select,go down to similar,now every part of the backgroung is selected,then hit delete.Now there is no background & I can add a color to a different layer & put it behind it to show thru the line.
Thanks again