[Scott Witthaus]” I am an FCPX editor doing a Pr CC gig and was hoping I could just grab it and position it in the viewer like X.”
You can. Park the CTI (playhead) on the title and double-click in the program monitor for direct manipulation with the mouse or the up/down/left/right arrow keys.
HTH
[Paul Budline]“How can these be changed to yellow or white or some other color?”
The short answer is, there is no way you can change them although that may change with the next version of Premiere which will be unveiled shortly before NAB 2015.