Monday, July 31, 2023

Now That's a Black Car!



You might be aware that Vantablack is the blackest color humans have produced. It absorbs up to 99.96 percent of light, but you can't get it because its use is restricted to one artist. But you can buy Musou black paint, which absorbs up to 99.4 percent of light. The effect of either is surreal, as if Photoshop were involved, because we are used to painted surfaces reflecting light. Or any surface for that matter.

James Orgill of The Action Lab had been experimenting with Musou black paint. But then he found that Musou black comes in a fabric, too! So he covered a car in the fabric called Kiwami, which seems like velvet, except there is no part that ever shines like velvet, from any angle. Then he took the car out to show off, both in daylight and at night. I wouldn't want to drive this car in dim twilight without the headlights on. Then he eventually finds out how much light it takes to get a reflection from this fabric. This video is only five minutes long. The rest is an ad. (via Born in Space)

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  1. to borrow a set of quotes from the movie: The hunt for Red October
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    “- Kamarov - "Stop pissing, Yuri. Give me a stopwatch and a map, and I'll fly the Alps in a plane with no windows.

    - Diving Officer - If the map is accurate enough.”

    MICHAEL WELDEN - Kamarov - Red October
    ARTUR CYBULSKI - Diving Officer - Red October

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