Object Color 'None' displays a solid color?

[Just Average]

Hi all,

I am having an issue where when I place a new object or anything that could have a solid fill with the color 'None' meaning transparent, it shows up as a solid color?

Is this a bug or am I doing something wrong?

Any help would be appreciated!

[Michael Bullo]

Is this happening for all of your Illustrator files? Does it happen if you create a new document?

Does it happen if you create a new layer? Could you have accidentally applied a Fill or an Effect to a Layer?

[Just Average]

Nope, no effects, just that particular file (I started from scratch like 15 minutes ago), it didn't affect other documents, I didn't confirm if it had done the same on other layers. 100% no fill or effects though and it happened to every new object I created. 

So it was solved by deleting all those objects from the file then saving it and reloading the file which made the issue disappear.

[Just Average]

Okay not sure exactly what the issue was but I deleted all the objects that had the same properties as that one and saved the file and reopened the file and now its good again.

But there is a bug that caused the block to be a solid color and all consecutive blocks to get the same properties. Not exactly sure what caused it.

[Michael Bullo · Accepted solution]

Ah the good old close and reopen Illustrator solution 😉 Good to hear it's now working. If the problem occurs again let us know and post some screen captures of your Layers, Properties and Appearance panels.