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ima_yu
Participant
April 8, 2026

Inner Glow turns object gray when fill is solid color (Illustrator bug?)

  • April 8, 2026
  • 2 replies
  • 33 views

Correction: I accidentally posted this in the Illustrator (Beta) section. This issue also occurs in the regular release version of Illustrator.

単色にアピアランスでグレーシャドウを入れた場合、内側の光彩が反映されず前面がグレーになってしまう。

 

Description
When applying Inner Glow to an object with a solid fill color (e.g. white 100%), the entire object becomes gray and the effect does not render correctly.

This issue occurs after reopening the file — the appearance changes and looks like a gray overlay is applied across the whole object.

However, when using a gradient fill (even white 100% → white 100%), the Inner Glow effect works as expected.

This behavior breaks the original design and seems inconsistent.

Steps to reproduce

  1. Create an object with solid fill (e.g. white 100%)
  2. Apply Inner Glow
  3. Save the file
  4. Reopen the file
  5. The object appears gray instead of white

Expected result
Inner Glow should render correctly regardless of whether the fill is solid or gradient.

Actual result
The object becomes gray and the effect does not display correctly.

Workaround
Using a gradient fill (same color on both ends) restores correct rendering.

 

 

This happens intermittently...

 

 

Adobe Illustrator 2026  30.3
OS: Mac
GPU Performance: On / Off

 

2 replies

Smriti Capoor
Community Manager
April 9, 2026

Hello ​@ima_yu thank you for sharing this. Can you please share the Illustrator versions you are seeing this issue on?

ima_yu
ima_yuAuthor
Participant
April 9, 2026

Thank you for your response. I am currently using Adobe Illustrator version 30.3.

 

I use two computers: a 27-inch iMac and a Mac mini.

The issue does not occur when working on the iMac with the latest version.

However, when opening the same file on the Mac mini, the bug occurs.

This has happened twice so far.

Smriti Capoor
Community Manager
April 10, 2026

@Akshaya Saxena 

ima_yu
ima_yuAuthor
Participant
April 8, 2026

Additional note: This issue occurs in the stable (non-beta) version as well.