What is a zebras true color?

Question

Is a zebra black with white stripes or white with black stripes?

Answer 1

i think zebras dont have a "true" color but are just simply black and white.  

Answer 2

Black with white stripes, actually.

Answer 3

Zebras are black or dark animals with white stripes and their bellies have a large white blotch for camouflage purposes. Some zebras have brown "shadow stripes" in between the white and black coloring.

Zebras are described as black with white stripes rather than the reverse for the following three reasons:

White equids would not survive well in the African plains or forests.

The quagga, an extinct Plains zebra subspecies, had the zebra striping pattern in the front of the animal, but had a dark rump.

When the region between the pigmented bands becomes too wide, secondary stripes emerge, as if suppression was weakening.

The fact that some zebras have pure white bellies and legs is not very strong evidence for a white background, since many animals of different colors have white or light colored bellies and legs.

Answer 4

white with black stripes =]

Answer 5

http://www.whozoo.org/Intro98/lorijenn/P...

Answer 6

Black with white stripes.  One of the easiest way to tell is to look at a zebra skin hide.  The skin color varies from black to brown, but never white.  Which animal would be more likely to survive in the wild savannas of Africa?   A white zebra or a black zebra?