Yes that's true and can be a pain in the ass or render some items complety useless like in my case boots. Some creators at least provide a tinting hud, but I can see why that might be an issue for some creators... In pre and early mesh times things used to be a little different with mod permissions.
Thank you.
I bought the Roc boots about a year ago. Same problem. They're too light and no mod, so I only ever use them in red or for not alternative looking outfits. The black ones at Complex are too light too.
The latter are nice, but pants are clipping through them... And I think I saw the same or at least very similar boots at Razor in mod.
Razor seems to sell items with mod permissions in general. I found some boots at Razor, but I'm not too sure about them yet.
But I bought the Chandra boots from Legendaire for 19L$. Those boots are no mod, but at least they include an almost dark enough black. I guess I'll use them until theres a better option. They have more items on sale, if anyone is interested.