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If you mixed it with Vantablack, would you get the greyest possible paint? /s

WallyFunk 4y ago
You could try buying some and find out! https://culturehustle.com/products/black-v1-0-beta-the-world-s-mattest-flattest-blackest-art-material https://culturehustle.com/products/black-v1-0-beta-the-world... You could also mix it with the 'whitest white' https://culturehustle.com/products/white-20 https://culturehustle.com/products/white-20
- dfxm12 4y ago
  You linked to black 2.0. It may very well be the blackest black, but it is decidedly not Vantablack. I think this is worth distinguishing, because interestingly, I don't think just anyone can get their hands on Vantablack because someone obtained exclusive rights to it. :) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuart_Semple#Conflict_with_Anish_Kapoor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuart_Semple#Conflict_with_An...
- olliej 4y ago
  Many years ago I bought some of the black 2.0 on a lark, and honestly both brush and air brushing seemed to produce very meh results. Like nothing that to me indicated any significant difference in matteness vs many other paints I’ve used. Now I realize I didn’t try applying it to actual glass or anything, but even on polished resin it didn’t stand out as meaningfully different. Vanta black is a whole different beast, but it also isn’t paint so I feel it’s cheating that particular race :)
  - Doxin 4y ago
    In my experience black 2.0 is pretty dang black, but it's not nearly as black as the marketing photos make it seem. It's still plainly visible in daylight. It's a structural black too, so in general touching it will make it more gray. Still an amazing product for all sorts of art, but also for building telescopes or photography hardware.
    - olliej 4y ago
      Fair enough! I hadn’t thought of it in terms of things like telescopes, so good to know.
twawaaay 4y ago
You can't mix Vantablack. It actually isn't paint, it is a coating grown through vapour deposition.

You could try buying some and find out! https://culturehustle.com/products/black-v1-0-beta-the-world-s-mattest-flattest-blackest-art-material https://culturehustle.com/products/black-v1-0-beta-the-world... You could also mix it with the 'whitest white' https://culturehustle.com/products/white-20 https://culturehustle.com/products/white-20

dfxm12 4y ago
You linked to black 2.0. It may very well be the blackest black, but it is decidedly not Vantablack. I think this is worth distinguishing, because interestingly, I don't think just anyone can get their hands on Vantablack because someone obtained exclusive rights to it. :) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuart_Semple#Conflict_with_Anish_Kapoor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuart_Semple#Conflict_with_An...
olliej 4y ago
Many years ago I bought some of the black 2.0 on a lark, and honestly both brush and air brushing seemed to produce very meh results. Like nothing that to me indicated any significant difference in matteness vs many other paints I’ve used. Now I realize I didn’t try applying it to actual glass or anything, but even on polished resin it didn’t stand out as meaningfully different. Vanta black is a whole different beast, but it also isn’t paint so I feel it’s cheating that particular race :)
- Doxin 4y ago
  In my experience black 2.0 is pretty dang black, but it's not nearly as black as the marketing photos make it seem. It's still plainly visible in daylight. It's a structural black too, so in general touching it will make it more gray. Still an amazing product for all sorts of art, but also for building telescopes or photography hardware.
  - olliej 4y ago
    Fair enough! I hadn’t thought of it in terms of things like telescopes, so good to know.

twawaaay 4y ago

You can't mix Vantablack. It actually isn't paint, it is a coating grown through vapour deposition.