Black appears grey....

Ok... i'm sure everyone gets bored of this question but i have a rich black when i draw and fill with the pen tool and when i use brushes and strokes black comes out as 100k black... which is grey, whats the deal with this? My black preferences are all set to display as rich black.
thanks

So the rich black brush stroke is working for you now?
Color, color management and color modes is one of the basics you should dive rather deep into from the beginning, since it has an impact on printing your work successfully.
You're right about layers. Layers in Illustrator help you to organize stuff kind of like groups do. You can do far more tricky things with them, but you need not bother about that until you've got a deeper knowledge of Illustrator - it will most probably not get into your way.

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