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I own a bottle of this stuff, and it's not really as amazingly black as it looks on camera. Sure, it's pretty damn black. But it's easy to see the imperfections
by parsecs 5y ago
I own a bottle of this stuff, and it's not really as amazingly black as it looks on camera. Sure, it's pretty damn black. But it's easy to see the imperfections and stuff up close. There was a video that compared it to black felt, which is pretty similar.
And no, this is not Vantablack. It's just some special acrylic that can hold a lot of black pigment, and a lot of black pigment. Vantablack needs to be "grown" with high temperatures so its usually seen on aluminum foil and such.
Overall, this is pretty cool. I could definitely believe that it's the blackest acrylic paint in the world. However it doesn't create a "black hole" or anything.
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- sangnoir 5y ago> And no, this is not Vantablack. you may have missed the bit where they mention that this paint is available to everyone who is not Kapoor - Anish Kapoor signed a contract that grants him exclusive rights to use Vantablack for art projects.
- stavros 5y agoI think OP means "this is nowhere close to Vantablack", not "do not think this is actually Vantablack".
- sangnoir 5y agoI understood that - but this paint wouldn't exist if Kapoor didn't exclusively license Vantablack: Stuart Semple (maker of paint in TFA) is good-naturedly salty about it, he set out to exclude Kapoor from using his paints
- SamBam 5y agoRight... And all GP was saying was that this is not as black as Vantablack.