Originally Posted by dwellman

Why did hood covers prevailing color go from gum to white to black?

Yeah, my first three bikes the hoods were white. Now, all my bikes' hood covers are black.

I think you can still get white (and red) from SRAM, but Shimano only has black. Don't know about Campy. MicroSHIFT has a white option, too. but black is the default.