Why are most tyres black? While looking for new tyres that would fit my bike from a design point of view, it turned out that none of my color wishes could be fulfilled. Most tyres on the market are black, with a handful of exceptions (some mentioned here)

There are headsets, clamps, brake levers, saddle posts etc. available in all colors, why not tyres?
The highest volume use of carbon black is as a reinforcing filler in rubber products, especially tires:


  Practically all rubber products where tensile and abrasion wear properties are crucial use carbon black, so they are black in color.


Two of the pictures of 'orange' tires show that while the sides of the tire are orange, the tire is black 'where the rubber meets the road'.