Pdf's created in Illustrator appear lighter in Adobe Reader

Hi
I've been using Illustrator for a few years for web design and print graphics, fliers etc. I have noticed that when i save a design as a pdf in illustrator then open the pdf in adobe reader the colours all appear lighter than they should be and print lighter aswell. Is this common? I've been wondering for a while but never figured it out.
Thanks
Paul

When you Knockout the colour it should cut a hole in the shapes below it -
Start by creating a New Black Swatch
Then Apply that swatch to your black frame
Below I have turned off the Black Separation, and you can see that it has knocked a hole right through the items below - I've also shown you the Attributes Panel - you can see in the Spearations panel to that the black is still 100%
Below is what happens when you have Black set to Overprint
YOu can clearly see that the values are added up - You now have a 284% ink coverage here - so anywhere the black goes over the green here the values are added together and that gives you a different shade of black, because the Black is PRINTING OVER the other colours and adding, as ink is transparent, not opaque.
If the black frame goes off into the white it will be 100% for whatever is touching the white, and then 284% when hitting the green here, so you get two distinct shades of black.

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