When the CHP began, the cars were white to contrast with most civilian vehicles, which were largely black. Jonathan Blair/Corbis//Getty Images Monty McCord’s Police Cars: A Photographic History ...

In fact, back in 2005, Best Buy, after the California Highway Patrol complained, repainted its Geek Squad Beetles because their resemblance was too close to black-and-white squad cars. Ian Hoey ...

The Lotus 72 was a masterpiece of a car. Lotus employed this chassis ... to make it look incredibly technical and yet lifelike black and white. These were put in the magazine then, as today ...

(Courtesy of The New Mexico Art League) In an age fraught with multiple screens glaring a cascade of pixels, there is something soothing about black and white. The New Mexico Art League's in ...