Can't change Illustrator default black color from 231f20 to 000000

[NWD Robbie]

I've been having this issue for a long time and it's something I've always either not notice or worked around, but it's become incredibly frustrating lately and I can't seem to find a solution to my problem.

Here is my problem:

• I start a new document in CMYK.
• Default fill is ffffff (white), default stroke is 231f20 (grayish black)

This gets applied to any shape I create. When I start using the text tool, the default is a fill of 231f20 and a stroke of ffffff.

Is there any way I can change all default black colors to 000000? I have not yet been able to find a single solution that will solve this problem for new documents or shapes I create, meaning that I have to change the black color a million different times for every project to avoid using any 231f20.

I believe this has been a problem for me with every version of illustrator, mac or pc, since CS6.

Please let me know if you need any additional info.

[covrtdesign]

This!!  I have worked in many printing fields in my years and I have a custom CMYK value black for each printer, rip software, and use.  Vehicle wrap vinyl, DTF, fine art paper printing, dye sublimation, etc and I have always had a different CMYK value for each.  

I always had the problem of trying to get new designers to get this weird misconception that 100-100-100-100 or 0-0-0-100 are the two to use for everything.

[Monika Gause]

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@covrtdesign  schrieb:

I always had the problem of trying to get new designers to get this weird misconception that 100-100-100-100 or 0-0-0-100 are the two to use for everything.

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This thread is about people confusing RGB and CMYK thus getting issues with defining precise black of any kind. Without understanding how Illustrator document profiles actually work, you will not even get precisely the black you are describing there.

[covrtdesign]

I understand that, I read it.  

I was talking to the poster above.  I have been a graphic designer for 18 years and am well aware how illustrator document color profiles work.

If you have never worked in a print field then you would know what I was talking about. 

[Monika Gause]

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@covrtdesign  schrieb:

If you have never worked in a print field then you would know what I was talking about. 

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I've been working in the print field for over 30 years. I know what you are talking about. But that is not what this thread is about.