Yeah,I thinks it's black......it works good,no complaints.It does one thing and does it well.I've been sewing silnylon as of late and I'm real surprized that it feeds through the dogs perfect,just a quick fiddling with the tension.

I also have a 1960's White "jean machine".All metal constuction,be it some cast crap,but better than plastic.That's been a good machine also and I've beat the snot out of it thru the years with backpacking and climbing gear.I still use it for zig zaging once in a blue moon.