Turn off fill color but it comes back on?

[media kat]

I turn off my fill color and set my stroke to black. I start drawing a shape with the Pen tool, though the fill color is applied to the shape that I am drawing. Why is this and how do I prevent it from happening?

Thanks

[Larry G. Schneider · Accepted solution]

Look in the dropdown menu of the Appearance panel (upper right) and see if New Art Has Basic Appearance is checked. If it is, uncheck it.

[media kat]

It was checked. Why would you want this option turned on, and is this the default Illustrator setting?

Thanks

[Larry G. Schneider]

Does it now work as you want? And yes it is on by default.

[media kat]

yes, sorry it does work as I wanted.

[Larry G. Schneider]

Glad it works for you now.