Zinc screw turning black
These screws are steel with thin cover of zinc with colored oxide layer, probably done by anodizing, I think. At first you dissolved zinc oxide with NaOH. This removed the colored layer and exposed zinc, making it look metallic. Then you reacted zinc with vinegar. Zinc itself is more reactive with acids. The zinc acetate that could be forming is transparent, so that doesnt explain the black color. If black color is present everywhere in solution, it could be that zinc was not pure, and as zinc was being chipped away by vinegar impurities colored the solution black. Or, if black was present only on the screw itself it could be that steel formed iron oxide on its surface. In both cases black is likely non zinc metal oxide. Most likely copper or iron.