[JumpCrisscross]

> then you will only see the star as pitch black, since light can't even escape it

Would it be black? Right above the event horizon is flaming relativistic matter.

[chopin]

That's true but afaik time dilation makes it rather dim infrared radiation.

[Retra]

On the inner-most layer, yes. But outside of that, it will be less dim and less infrared.