Objects are faded when exported to a PDF

[jsonia3PCXH]

I am using PDF Export to export a layout to a PDF and objects in a SECOND viewport I created are appearing faded AFTER it exports, but not in program. I have another drawing Xrefed that is faded, but objects I don't want faded are not on xref layer. I have attached the PDF and my drawing for reference. If you view the "DRAIN(1)" layout this is the PDF I have attached, but all layouts are exporting the same way. 

Colors seem to plot fine but anything black looks faded drawn in model space. Black lines do not look faded when drawn in layout space. 

[CodeDing]

@jsonia3PCXH ,

To me, the only parts that look faded are your hatches.. which are set to a Transparency of 50:

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Are these the items you're worried about?

Or, are you concerned that your Model Space "Black" entities are showing in Paper Space as "Gray" over a Black background?

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Best,

~DD

[teerawat.pSCHYQ]

@jsonia3PCXH , look like you don't use any plot style table, so please consider to use correct plot style table and most objects should be by layer such as Line type, Lineweight, Transparency .... etc.  then you can control any lineweight even or fade (transparency)... 

[teerawat.pSCHYQ]

Hi @jsonia3PCXH,   you know color index 250 are not famous use for annotation as your background are back.

[pendean · Accepted solution]

@jsonia3PCXH You forgot to include your XREFs, the attached file shows nothing gray here

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BTW, color 250 is not BLACK, it's a GRAY. Always has been, just like colors 251-252-253-254, it will always print as gray unless you use a plot style table that changes that reality (you do not use a plot style table). COLOR 7 prints as black, always, even though it looks white on a black screen.

[jsonia3PCXH]

Everything that printed in grey was color 250. When I changed to "white" this solved the problem.