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Color of the Pasteboard has turned white in Illustrator

New Here ,
May 26, 2019 May 26, 2019

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Hello,

Somehow the dark gray background (the big canvas which contains the artboards) turned white.

I don't know how to switch it back... I tried changing the preview settings (Pixel & Overprint) and the preferences menu, "show artboards", GPU preview and CPU but it didn't worked.

How can I fix it?

Thank you

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May 26, 2019 May 26, 2019

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Go to the View menu and check if the Show Artboards command is available. If so, execute the command.

If that is not what you are looking for, you could go to the Illustrator preferences > User Interface: There is an option to set the "brightness" to white. You can change it and set it to one of the four greyscale presets.

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Jun 02, 2021 Jun 02, 2021

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Thank you!!

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Jun 09, 2021 Jun 09, 2021

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thank you

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New Here ,
Dec 28, 2021 Dec 28, 2021

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Thanks

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Jan 24, 2023 Jan 24, 2023

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Thank you. It worked for me.

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Adobe Employee ,
May 28, 2019 May 28, 2019

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Hi Noa,

Thanks for reaching out. As per your query, the color of pasteboard has changed to white. In addition to the suggestions shared by Kurt, it might also be possible that you are in "Overprint Preview". You can turn it off by simply going to View menu and uncheck "Overprint Preview".

If that doesn't help, please share the following details:

  • OS (exact version of Windows/MAC)
  • Version of Illustrator
  • Screenshot of the Illustrator interface

Regards,

Srishti

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New Here ,
Jul 05, 2020 Jul 05, 2020

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Hi Noa,

The same thing just happened to me. It turned out I had hit the shortcut "Command Shift H" which toggles between "Hide" and "Show" Artboards. It is under the view menu.

Screen Shot 2020-07-05 at 9.10.40 PM.png 

Bryan

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New Here ,
Oct 30, 2022 Oct 30, 2022

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This is what happened to me. I could not figure it out and it was driving me crazy. Thanks for posting! 

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Community Expert ,
Oct 30, 2022 Oct 30, 2022

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Another possibility; the visibility of all layers is turned off.

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Community Beginner ,
Oct 31, 2022 Oct 31, 2022

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Hi Noashebs. It's because you used this command/shortcut "by accident" I think: COMMAND + SHIFT + H.

To undo it, you must press the same: COMMAND + SHIFT + H - at the same time.

 

I left some screenshots attached.

 

Greetings,

Andrea

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New Here ,
Nov 02, 2022 Nov 02, 2022

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I did this and I know I hit COMMAND + SHIFT + H by accident but hitting the same keys again isn't changing it back. Any ideas? 

Thanks

Mark

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Community Beginner ,
Nov 02, 2022 Nov 02, 2022

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Hey, you can go to --> View --> Show artboards. Photo attached below.

 

If you need more help, you can leave me your email and I will contact you 🙂

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New Here ,
Jan 04, 2023 Jan 04, 2023

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Click on View, then you will see CPU preview. 

 

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