A long time ago Compy discover a large melanin deposit on one of his mining expeditions, when no bank would take the melanin for safe keeping Compy had to find somewhere to put it. That is when Compy decided the best place to store the melanin was in himself. So Compy is not black he storing melanin until the markets go up and he can sell it for a profit and also his name does not start with words lil or big, therefore not black.