Click the Label tab at the top of the Label Editor window.
Click the
arrow tool 
at the top of the editor
window.
Select the objects.
Handles (little black boxes) will appear around the objects to show they are selected. To select more than one object at a time, click outside of any objects and drag across the objects or hold down the Shift key while clicking each object.
Click the Background or Foreground color box.
A color palette window will appear.
Click the desired color.