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  • $\begingroup$ Black = no light. A black hole is black because no light comes from it, i.e. it is invisible. $\endgroup$
    – hdhondt
    Commented May 24, 2017 at 23:30
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    $\begingroup$ @hdhondt Those aren't the same thing. Invisible would be perfectly transparent. $\endgroup$
    – JMac
    Commented May 24, 2017 at 23:55
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    $\begingroup$ What does unimaginably realistic mean? It obviously has been imagined. There are plenty of calculations of what black holes look like. If you think they are stereotypical, that's likely because they all use the same laws of physics. $\endgroup$
    – ProfRob
    Commented May 25, 2017 at 6:51
  • $\begingroup$ Also see physics.stackexchange.com/questions/148567/… $\endgroup$
    – ProfRob
    Commented May 25, 2017 at 6:56
  • $\begingroup$ Black holes are invisible, but the shadow left behind by the event horizon (aka that dark sphere you see in every single black hole animation) is. $\endgroup$
    – Alastor
    Commented May 21 at 10:46