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Yes. They had a control group with only black stripes along with an unpainted group. I would have to assume they also checked the paints for potential repellents, but I only skimmed the article.

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6776349/

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Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
There is also the point creating a barrier.

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- Anivia@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  OK, but they didn’t count bites. They counted how many flies landed on the cow
  
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Rekorse@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
Instead of unpainted black they should have done painted black, or done both.

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