Gene, I like the white hat over the black hat for two reasons. Tux has a black head and the black and black wouldn't quite go. For Tux, white is more fashionable than black. The second reason is white hats imply some sense of sophistication. At first I thought the darker areas at the top of Tux' eyes were supposed to be eyelids or eyebrows. I didn't realize it was the back of the hat until Brian pointed it out....or is it really that? With no eyelids or eyebrows, Tux would look more cartoonish and less real. Mike