Svg file only shows up black

I’m new to inkscape.
Every svg file uploaded to my designs only show as black.
I saved them as white and gray but both in the designs as black.
What adjustments do I need to make?

Hey @passion8,

Could you try to experiment with the saving options for svg-files. Maybe there is a checkbox to enable advanced options. There has to be an option called CSS-attributes. These have to be turned off or set to “presentationattributes”.
You could also try to save your file as an ai-file.
Let me know if it works and if you need furhter help.

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I’ll look into settings.
It needs to be an svg file for the facemasks.
Thanks for the info.

Hey @passion8,

for our facemasks also ai-files are accpeted as these are also vectorfiles. You could also try this fileformat if it helps.

I’m using inkscape so no .ai option.
I’ve added the rgb color to the file and tried plain .svg
and optimized .svg
But both say: Your file was rejected because it cannot be printed.

This is driving me crazy. Why is it so difficult?

I’m sorry to hear that.
Could you please send me your file via pm? I will check that.

Was there ever a solution to this issue? I am having a similar problem. Sometimes when I upload a multi color .svg, it shows only black on Spreadshirt. However for other designs I am able to upload multi color .svg so I am not able to pinpoint what is going wrong

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Ahoy @The_Crypto_Clothier,

if you are using illustrator you should have a look into the saving options of your svg-file. There should be an option for the css-styles - you have to set it to presentation attributes. Then everything should be ok.

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I specifically only have Inkscape and am trying to use that to upload a vector image to Spreadshirt. Is there any way to do this without Illustrator? I can’t find any options for presentation attributes in Inkscape.

Thanks! Fingers crossed

Ahoy @User_NA-3d72514c,

have you already tried to upload your vectorfile from inkscape. Because currently I nevver heard of any issues with this software - we also recommend this software as it is free and has a good functionality. It should work. If not you can write me a private message to send me your file and I could check it.

Best Rico