I wanted my islands to be a different colour than my lake so I created a new layer for them above the lake. When I did so I realized that the blue of the lake was affecting the colour of the islands. How do I ensure that the colour of the previous layers do not affect the objects that are on the layer above them. Thank you!

Is the island layer set to less than 100% opacity, or have you set a blend mode anywhere? These can affect the colours displayed.

Hi, thank you for the help.

No I haven't set the island layer to blend mode but I've set it to 50% opacity for stylistic purposes. Even when I set the islands to 100% opacity they still have a blue tinge from the lake layer. 

Maybe you have set the wrong order of the layers - I guess the "blue" one is not the top layer? Otherwise please upload an example file please.

Hi, here is the map SVG. 

As guessed there´s transparency involved:

Thank you! 😎