Comments

You must log in or register to comment.

Evnl2020 t1_j2cnvsy wrote

I hereby name you very super dark black.

6

VantaBlackDobie t1_j2cr506 wrote

Despite my name, I fully appreciate that technological advances have proven otherwise with regards to the subject matter of this thread...

It doesn't mean I'm happy about it though.

That said, I'm still a lovely person. I promise.

14

Martipar t1_j2cry07 wrote

The estate agents Hotblack Desiato* should license their name to it.

*For a long time i thought this was a type of coffee.

31

Vlacas12 t1_j2cu69p wrote

Replying to Martipar (#1,216,938)

Yes. And then form a band called Disaster Area.

And that number they do. That really huge number. How does it go? "Bwarm! Bwarm! Badeer!!" something, and in the stage act it ends with this ship crashing right into the sun. Ship! Sun! Wham bang! I mean forget lasers and stuff, these guys are into solar flares and real sunburn! Oh, and terrible songs.

10

pickupBeer t1_j2cvf5y wrote

Back in Black or Black to the future

1

Tank905 t1_j2cwad5 wrote

Black.

TIL its name is Black.

3

NolanSyKinsley t1_j2cwn67 wrote

Replying to artisnotsubjective (#1,216,194)

A texture that removes all color, and the absence of color is.... what's that? Oh, right, black. Butterfly wings are blue and iridescent, but they are not blue at all, they are actually just shiny, the blue comes from their structure refracting light, so to you "it's just a texture" and not a color? or can color be generated by a structure by manipulating light waves?

9

Godtiermasturbator t1_j2cwrdm wrote

And then placed it in front of a black backdrop, eliminating any wow factor

10

NolanSyKinsley t1_j2cwxxw wrote

Replying to paultron10110 (#1,216,571)

No, not at all, unless you count individual atoms themselves as structures, but even then it is not their structure but their field that emits the light. Blue iridescence on insects, butterflies and birds is created by microscopic structures, vanta black and this absorb all the light with their structure, all other colors are just pigments, the individual atoms emit the specific wavelengths of colors themselves regardless of how they are arranged in a structure.

3

OldMork t1_j2cxsqy wrote

my ex heart was still darker

1

jppes t1_j2d0lng wrote

Call it veryblack.

1

GriffinFlash t1_j2d2i6y wrote

Since it absorbs almost all light, would it get really hot to touch?

1

Highpersonic t1_j2d2xek wrote

It shall not ever end up in the hands of Anish Kapoor

1

mic3ttaa OP t1_j2d3jhx wrote

Replying to artisnotsubjective (#1,219,156)

Black does not reflect any light. A surface is called a reflective black surface if it has practically no diffuse reflection but a small amount of specular reflection. If you illuminate it with a small light source it will appear mostly black but will show a dim image of the light source.

4

mic3ttaa OP t1_j2d3u4q wrote

I HAVE A QUESTION NOW, what's the definition of black? something that doesn't reflect light or just something dark? is there something in the universe that absorbs 100% of the light it touches (except black holes)?

1

Zorkdork t1_j2d761v wrote

Replying to GriffinFlash (#1,219,471)

It will definitely get hotter faster then other materials, but the amount of energy shining on it generally isn't enough to make it particularly warm to the touch because it's got really low surface area and indoor lights aren't that strong.

However if you coated your car with this stuff and left it out in the summer noonday sun... it would get pretty hot.

It's pretty close to a black body, so you can use those calculations to see roughly how hot it would get depending on how much energy you applied.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_body

3

kelldricked t1_j2d8olx wrote

Replying to USAIsAUcountry (#1,216,549)

You probaly notice it straight away because suddenly there is something that does reflect light, or nothing which blocks it anymore.

Lets say you have a house on a remote hill with a balcony filled with torches and other lights. As you stand ontop of the balcony you will see loads of stuff barely because everything reflects light. You will see the edges of the forrest. You might not see it well, but you will percieve something.

If we then put a big screen (lets say 2 meters by 2 meters) with this collor somewhere in the edge of the forrest you will suddenly see a square of nothing. It will be visually diffrent because of the contrast. You cant see it, but because you can see the rest barely you still percieve it as something being there.

If we remove the screen then you suddenly would notice the square of nothingness disseapering.

21

egoncasteel t1_j2d9105 wrote

I will laugh my ass off when they go to clean the diamond and it turns out it was switched for a fake.

1

foofoobee t1_j2ddsch wrote

Replying to mic3ttaa (#1,219,791)

"Something dark" pretty much by definition is something that doesn't reflect light. How you define "black" depends on the context and just how stringent you want to get with the definition. If you really want to get technical, you might not even say that black holes fully absorb 100% of light. It's true that black holes will effectively absorb all radiation where the wavelength of the radiation is smaller than the diameter of the event horizon (which will typically cover not only light visible to us, but also infrared, ultraviolet, x-rays, radio waves, etc). But black holes will also spit out random photons that are able to escape the event horizon - look up Hawking Radiation. This actually shrinks the black hole each time this happens. So technically, if the black hole doesn't keep getting fed with new energy, it would eventually shrink down and collapse. So, in the (very) long run, even black holes can't be said to 100% absorb light forever!

2

Extension-Door614 t1_j2dfopg wrote

I was able to experience this once on a tour of the physics building back in 1972 at ISU. They were creating bead of gold oxidized at high temperature and low pressure with oxygen bleed. The bead was to be used in black body radiation experiments. Looking at the bead was like having a hole in your vision. You really could not focus your eyes on it very well.

1

Estilix t1_j2dfoyx wrote

Name it Blacky McBlackf- oh, no, maybe not...

140

goosebattle t1_j2dfyio wrote

[“Everybody knows that diamonds are the most reflective material on earth,” Strebe told artnet News]

Are we just going to ignore this statement?

1

milkysway1 t1_j2dlnct wrote

What about vanta black? That has a nice ring to it.

0

donald7773 t1_j2dtlq5 wrote

The color had a name. It was spoken and absorbed by the color

1

LowSlimBoot t1_j2du112 wrote

It’s called fuligin, that color which is darker than black

1

RichGrinchlea t1_j2dwsld wrote

Replying to DltaDFoxtrot (#1,221,751)

I'm going for the save here - I think he'd trying to say that you would infer that something was there by the fact that absolutely nothing is there - a null space. Like a black hole you can't see it but infer it's existence by knowing something should be there, even if it's the stars behind it.

This painted diamond I think would be obvious as it would be a big black nothingness in the middle of the room. It's black not invisible.

33

laaldiggaj t1_j2dzy78 wrote

Am I looking at it in the picture? Is it darker than vantablack?

1

slickestwood t1_j2e8odf wrote

Blacker than the blackest black times Infinity

2

Cycleofmadness t1_j2ebbap wrote

If this artist used vantablack, a BMW was also painted in it a couple yrs ago if you google it.

1

bluelion70 t1_j2ek6vy wrote

It’s called “slightly darker black”

1

patfetes t1_j2f128r wrote

Anish Kapoor entered the chat

1

Corohr t1_j2f72py wrote

Does this look black to you too, Jerry?

1

Dmoe33 t1_j2fa9fv wrote

It's called Vantablack.

1

[deleted] t1_j2fd4it wrote

Replying to kelldricked (#1,220,907)

You will see a black screen, it wouldn’t be nothing, it isn’t invisible. What this paint does is prevent you from perceiving the shape of the object. So from afar all you can see is the 2m x 2m frontal area, you wouldn’t be able to tell the difference between just a screen from any other shape.

2

Johannes_P t1_j2fvrnj wrote

More seriously, I wonder how much solar panes would produce additional energy when coated with this.

1