: Why am I only getting grayscales / monotones when applying colors in Adobe Illustrator? When I try to change the color after tracing a JPEG image in Illustrator and expanding it, it becomes

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When I try to change the color after tracing a JPEG image in Illustrator and expanding it, it becomes gray. I have tried lots of color changes but the result is always the same.

Why can't I change the color to anything other than gray, on an image I've traced in Adobe Illustrator?

How can I change the traced image's color?

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@BetL875

Hello there is another question on this website similar to this one with more information in case you were having issues like me:
graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/a/29301/27134
The main key is to "Expand" the image and use the Direct Selection Tool (A).

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@Jessie844

My guess is that your document colours are set to grayscale. Go to the colour panel, click the little down-arrow in the top right corner, and change there:

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