Here is some history on the subject.
Neoprene is essentially black, and when wet suits first started to be used, that was their color. Black. When they made the TV series Sea Hunt, that created a serious filming problem. Mike Nelson was getting into some kind of undersea fight in every episode, and once the fight started, you would have no way of knowing who was who as they wrestled about. They solved that problem by painting the wet suits of all the good guys in the story silver. The paint would come off after a couple of episodes, so they had to keep repainting them.
In retrospect, Mike should have gotten wise by the third season. As soon as he spotted a diver in a black wet suit, he should have known the guy was up to no good.
Neoprene is essentially black, and when wet suits first started to be used, that was their color. Black. When they made the TV series Sea Hunt, that created a serious filming problem. Mike Nelson was getting into some kind of undersea fight in every episode, and once the fight started, you would have no way of knowing who was who as they wrestled about. They solved that problem by painting the wet suits of all the good guys in the story silver. The paint would come off after a couple of episodes, so they had to keep repainting them.
In retrospect, Mike should have gotten wise by the third season. As soon as he spotted a diver in a black wet suit, he should have known the guy was up to no good.