It turns out there is a proper answer to this.

事實證明，這有一個合適的答案。

On the surface, it seems like an easy answer because all zebras have the same skin color and that is black.

表面上看，這似乎是一個簡單的答案，因為所有的斑馬都有相同的皮膚顏色，那就是黑色。

So if you look at it from that angle, you'd say that they are black with white stripes, but that ignores their actual for color, which is what we're actually seeing.

是以，如果你從這個角度看，你會說它們是黑中帶白的條紋，但這忽略了它們實際的顏色，也就是我們實際看到的。

And just like a light skinned person can have black hair.

就像淺色皮膚的人可以有黑色的頭髮。

It's a different process that decides the color of our hair.

這是一個不同的過程，決定了我們頭髮的顏色。

Zebras actually have more white hair on their body than black.

斑馬身上的白毛實際上比黑毛多。

Their bellies are usually much lighter and so some people would argue that they are white with black stripes, but the deciding factor comes from melanocytes cells, which is what produces pigment in hair or for this pigment called melanin and the more there is the darker the hair.

他們的腹部通常要淺得多，是以有些人會認為他們是白色的黑色條紋，但決定因素來自於黑色素細胞，這是產生毛髮中的色素，或者對於這種色素稱為黑色素，越多越深的毛髮。

But to create white hair, this process has to be completely turned off.

但是為了創造白髮，這個過程必須完全關閉。

In other words, a zebra's default state is to create black hair, meaning they are officially black with white stripes.

換句話說，斑馬的默認狀態是產生黑毛，這意味著它們是正式的黑色與白色條紋。