# Drawing multiple lines with TiKz darkens background? [closed]

When I draw multiple lines with TiKz, the background of my tikzpicture darkens (i.e., from white to light gray). Interestingly, the more lines I draw, the more the white darkens. This is the code of my tikzpicture:

\begin{figure}[h]
\centering
\subfloat[(Linear) random effect model]
{
\begin{tikzpicture}[xscale=.5,yscale=.5]
\tikzstyle{every node}=[font=\footnotesize]
\draw [-] (0,10) -- (0,0) -- (10,0);
\draw [fill=white,-,thick] (0,0) -- (10,9.9);
\draw [fill=white,-,thick] (0,0) -- (10,9.8);
\draw [fill=white,-,thick] (0,0) -- (10,9.6);
\draw [fill=white,-,thick] (0,0) -- (10,9.2);
\draw [fill=white,-,thick] (0,0) -- (10,8.6);
\draw [fill=white,-,thick] (0,0) -- (10,8.4);
\draw [fill=white,-,thick] (0,0) -- (10,8.2);
\draw [fill=white,-,thick] (0,0) -- (10,8.0);
\draw [fill=white,-,thick] (0,0) -- (10,8.2);
\draw [fill=white,-,thick] (0,0) -- (10,7.8);
\draw [fill=white,-,thick] (0,0) -- (10,7.5);
\draw [fill=white,-,thick] (0,0) -- (10,6.4);
\draw [fill=white,-,thick] (0,0) -- (10,6.0);
\draw [fill=white,-,thick] (0,0) -- (10,5.5);
\node [above left,text badly centered,text width=20mm] at (5,5) {Unit-to-unit variation};
\end{tikzpicture}
}
~~
\subfloat[Stochastic process model]
{
\begin{tikzpicture}[xscale=.5,yscale=.5]
\tikzstyle{every node}=[font=\footnotesize]
\draw [-] (0,10) -- (0,0) -- (10,0);
\draw [thick] (0,0) -| (0.1,0.8) -| (1.0,1.2) -| (1.5,1.6) -| (3.0,2.2) -| (4.0,2.4) -| (4.8,3.0) -| (5.2,3.5) -| (6,3.8) -| (6.5,4.8) -| (6.9,5.2) -| (7.5,7.0) -| (8.0,7.4) -| (8.8,7.8) -| (9.0,8.1) -| (9.2,8.2) -| (9.5,9.0) -- (10,9.0);
\node [above left,text badly centered,text width=20mm] at (5,5) {Time-dependent variation};
\end{tikzpicture}
}
\caption{Caption}
\label{fig:label}
\end{figure}


Then this is the result (note how the supposedly white background is darkened):

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## closed as too localized by Loop Space, Jake, egreg, Stephan Lehmke, diabonasSep 17 '12 at 12:40

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I can't reproduce this. What compiler are you using (pdflatex, xelatex)? Have you tried using a different viewer? –  Jake Sep 17 '12 at 11:34
Dear Jake, I'm using pdflatex. I've tried using both Summatrapdf and Acrobat Reader. I use the following packages and settings: \usepackage{tikz}, \usetikzlibrary{shapes,arrows,...},\usepackage{subfig},\usepackage{graphicx‌​}. –  Bas Timmermans Sep 17 '12 at 11:39
In fact, I printed the document on paper, and it is actually grayish. I'm confused. –  Bas Timmermans Sep 17 '12 at 11:41
Could you turn the code example into a minimal complete document that reproduces the behaviour? –  Jake Sep 17 '12 at 11:42
Dear Jake. Problem solved. I downloaded PDF-XChange Viewer and the problem is gone! Thanks for your effort! –  Bas Timmermans Sep 17 '12 at 11:43