I wanted the black ones all along because I wanted the met cons to work out in. I settled on the orange/blue and fell in love with them while working out, but they're showing dirt pretty bad so I got the black ones strictly for training. At least that's how i'm justifying it.
Possibly, but the sole is also completely black, which isn't the case in the originals. It was anthracite. I mean, I kinda like it, but it definitely looks different.