(WHTM) — Eye black is one of the most common accessories football players wear during games ... “I thought we would find it to be like war paint and a psychological advantage more than ...

We’ve all seen baseball and football players with the black rectangles under their eyes on sunny days ... “I thought we would find it to be like war paint and a psychological advantage ...

Following is a transcript of your video. Why do football players wear black stripes under their eyes? It's a phenomenon called "eye black." Natural skin absorbs some light, but reflects the rest.

He ignited the former, held it to the latter, and then rubbed the resulting blackened char on his 11-year-old ... to wear eye black is that it looks totally cool, like modern war paint (although ...