Your shapes probably aren't actually shapes. They're just lines. Remember, a shape won't be whole until you complete it, like a circle or blob or something. This means that you have to end your shape on the same point that you started it on.
To illustrate my point, draw a new shape. Make a circular blob. Make sure your last pen point is exactly on your first pen point. When you hover over the first point, you'll notice a small circle icon pop up next to your pen. This icon means that you will close/finish your shape when you click. This is what you want. Now you can change the fill color.
If you don't close your shapes, they're just lines, and when you try to color them, or fill them, the shapes go wonky because they want to connect the first and last points.
See the Illustrator file on the server labeled shapes_test.ai. It's saved as CS, so you should be able to open it.
Hope this makes sense.
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