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The world of colors (and who "owns" them) is both odd and fascinating. For instance, Vanta Black can only be used by one artist - Anish Kapoor: https://www.sm

by uptown 9y ago

The world of colors (and who "owns" them) is both odd and fascinating. For instance, Vanta Black can only be used by one artist - Anish Kapoor: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/one-artist-has-monopoly-worlds-blackest-black-pigment-180958264/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/one-artist-has-mon... In response to that rule, another artist created the pinkest pink and a competing black ... available for anyone in the world to use -- except Kapoor: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/artist-only-person-banned-using-worlds-pinkest-pink-180961464/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/artist-only-person... http://www.konbini.com/us/inspiration/stuart-semple-new-vantablack-paint/ http://www.konbini.com/us/inspiration/stuart-semple-new-vant...

gridscomputing 9y ago
it truly is THE PINKEST.
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cwkoss 9y ago
Anish Kapoor seems like a huge scumbag
- jdietrich 9y ago
  It's a bit of a gimmick. Vantablack is a highly specialised coating intended for use in precision optical equipment. It isn't really usable as an art material because it's prohibitively expensive, it needs to be applied under laboratory conditions and it's extremely fragile. It's considered a dual-use technology under arms control legislation and can only be exported under license. Semple's feud with Kapoor is similarly gimmicky. He described his Pinkest Pink (and the ban on selling it to Kapoor) as "like a piece of performance art".
  - amyjess 9y ago
    > Semple's feud with Kapoor is similarly gimmicky. He described his Pinkest Pink (and the ban on selling it to Kapoor) as "like a piece of performance art". Yes. Kapoor eventually got his hands on some of the Pink, and he published a photo of him sticking his middle finger in the pigment. Semple then created a new pigment called Diamond Dust which contains pieces of broken glass. The whole purpose of Diamond Dust was "I dare you to stick your finger in this!".
jotux 9y ago
Related, and similarly interesting: How a corporate spy swiped plans for DuPont’s billion-dollar color formula -- https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2016-stealing-dupont-white/ https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2016-stealing-dupont-whit...

by uptown 9y ago

gridscomputing 9y ago

it truly is THE PINKEST.

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cwkoss 9y ago

Anish Kapoor seems like a huge scumbag

jdietrich 9y ago
It's a bit of a gimmick. Vantablack is a highly specialised coating intended for use in precision optical equipment. It isn't really usable as an art material because it's prohibitively expensive, it needs to be applied under laboratory conditions and it's extremely fragile. It's considered a dual-use technology under arms control legislation and can only be exported under license. Semple's feud with Kapoor is similarly gimmicky. He described his Pinkest Pink (and the ban on selling it to Kapoor) as "like a piece of performance art".
- amyjess 9y ago
  > Semple's feud with Kapoor is similarly gimmicky. He described his Pinkest Pink (and the ban on selling it to Kapoor) as "like a piece of performance art". Yes. Kapoor eventually got his hands on some of the Pink, and he published a photo of him sticking his middle finger in the pigment. Semple then created a new pigment called Diamond Dust which contains pieces of broken glass. The whole purpose of Diamond Dust was "I dare you to stick your finger in this!".

jotux 9y ago

Related, and similarly interesting: How a corporate spy swiped plans for DuPont’s billion-dollar color formula -- https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2016-stealing-dupont-white/ https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2016-stealing-dupont-whit...