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# Do Black Holes Have to Be Black?
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/pbs-space-time/episode/do-black-holes-have-to-be-black-3h8bvq/
- Published: 2024-08-08T17:00:52.000Z
- Updated: 2025-08-21T13:47:04.000Z
- Description: Can we change the color of a black hole?
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: PBS Space Time, Season 10, Episode 17, #ZZZ_Episode_1e57a295-8382-4b29-bda1-a6110b99fa97, #episode, #ZZZ_Show_ae70f836-13b6-4c9d-b61f-99f7b8bc29eb, #v1.16

It turns out there is a way to make a coloured black hole—as long as by colour you mean quantum chromodynamic charge.