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I understand the purposes, but from another angle: Bikeshedding has reached a new extreme. We are debating what color of black to use.
by a9h74j 5y ago
I understand the purposes, but from another angle:
Bikeshedding has reached a new extreme. We are debating what color of black to use.
- femto113 5y agoAt this point the different blacks are less about color and more about finish/reflectivity. Even if you decide to paint your bikeshed a lovely Celeste green you'd still have to choose whether you want eggshell or semigloss.
- Igelau 5y agoThis isn't bikeshedding at all. In art and design, black has never been just one color. It's always been a choice of which ones to use. Here are some examples from printing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rich_black https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rich_black
- aksss 5y agoYes, I painted my home theater “black”, and ended up down a rabbit hole of “well, which black??”. Ended up painting the ceiling and trim a slightly different black than the walls. Probably only I am consciously aware of the difference.
- jasonwatkinspdx 5y agoSo I think you're missing that first, this was motivated as a troll, and second, in art variations of black absolutely do matter and are not simple bike shedding. The troll happened because an artist named Anish Kapoor was able to negotiate exclusive access to a patented black paint/coating based on carbon nanotubes named Vantablack. He's the only artist allowed to use it globally. That didn't sit well with some people who decided to troll back. I haven't done any art since I was in my late teens, but at the time a couple of my works were focused on very dark subjects. I found ordinary acrylic paint just wasn't black enough for what I wanted. Eventually I found that spraying liquid India ink with an airbrush repeatedly got the effect I was looking for.
- a9h74j 5y agoUpdate: Did not read and made a low-effort attempt at flippancy. Regret. ... Agree 100% about important design choices in shades and finishes.