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I looked it up on Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bakelite) which said:

> Because molded Bakelite incorporated fillers to give it strength, it tended to be made in concealing dark colors.[9]

In older style corded land line phones, the body was made of black bakelite, in India.

Same in Europe. In Cuba they where solid gold (joke reference to Scarface movie).