[micah94]

I memory about this is rusty, but there was A LOT going on with this stealth tech. I vaguely remember color being important, too. The earlier (and stealthier!) designs had a camouflage look rather than black. But this looked "ugly". So they changed it. I think advancements in materials made this moot.

[wrp]

The story on the color is actually simpler. They had put a lot of effort into designing a camouflage pattern for it and there was still some debate over the final design. The project manager from the Pentagon heard about it and said, "This thing is only going to fly at night, right? So just paint it black and be done with it."

[Arrath]

When practically bumps up against design dreams lol