Filling a hand drawn print with color

Beginner! I am trying to fill a print that has been hand-drawn (b&w) with color. I have traced it and made Live Paint Groups but when I try to color it, it only allows me to color in grays. I know there is an easy answer for this! I have saved the Color Mode as RGB and CMYK but it still converts back to grey when I begin to paint. ??? I am very new to Illustrator and cannot find how I need to save this in order to work with the colors.
Thank you!

When you traced it I assume live Trace did you choose Grayscale as the preset in the Live Trace Options by any chance?

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