how to get good Black to Red gradient?

[biggmann]

I am trying to get a good to red to black gradient in illustrator and the center where the two meet ends up as an ugly gray, is there a good combination that looks good?

 

[Tizz]

I manage to get good gradients by creating 2 layers of the shape or subject to be filled in.
The bottom layer create a solid black fill. The 2nd layer above create the red gradient fading into a white. Double tap the white colour gradient bar and turn the opacity to 0%. This should eliminate the grey.

 

[The Vector Doctor]

how about mixing magenta and yellow with the black? Instead of using just c0y0m0k100.

 

[Jester1167]

I have better luck using RGB for gradients. CMYK always gets muddy in the middle. It might just be Corel's color engine?

 

[John Butto]

Produce the gradient in Photoshop (rgb), place in Illustrator (rgb or cmyk).

 

[d fleming]

Produce the gradient in Photoshop (rgb), place in Illustrator (rgb or cmyk).

This

 

[p3]

I know this post is old, but I came across it and I actually made a video a while back showing how to fix it...
so anyone searching for this same thing, here ya go:
http://brandonaldred.com/creating-basic-gradients-illustrator/

 

[rjssigns]

For flawless gradients in Illustrator use the blend tool.

 

[SightLine]

For flawless gradients in Illustrator use the blend tool.