different behaviour of copy shapes

[sdt4711]

Hi everybody,
I confess that I am new to Koolmoves, therefore my question is simple.
I have created a shape which took some work. Since I needed 2 instances of it, i copied it and pasted. What happens is the following:
If the first shape has a solid colour I can change the colour of the second (the copy) shape as I need.
If the first shape has a gradient colour any change in the copy automatically makes the original to automatically take the same changes thus creating 2 identical coloured shapes. This is NOT what I want but as beginner the question is: Is this normal?
I have KM 7.22 and this is not about AS
thank you in advance

[Bob Hartzell]

Did you copy and paste to the same frame? Is the shape a symbol (see properties popup)? If you completely independent shapes, use Paste Shapes Complete Copy.

[sdt4711]

Thank you very much Bob for your suggestion.
Indeed everything works just fine now.
The shape was created using Inkscape and exported as SVG file.