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Also: Black 3.0, the purchasable variant of Vantablack

For sale at: https://www.culturehustleusa.com/

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see also, color manufacturers that will sell to anybody who ISN'T Anish Kapoor

https://www.dezeen.com/2017/07/07/anish-kapoor-banned-from-u...

I know this is such a small microcosm of the world, but I really love to see, just once in a while, that someone with power uses their power for the greater good and not for selfish benefit (realistically "we won't sell to Kapoor" is a marketing spin but it's still a risk and a strong statement).

FTA:

> In response, UK-based artist Stuart Semple created a pigment that he claimed to be the world's "pinkest pink" and made it available to purchase on his website for "everyone but Anish Kapoor".

I love artists.

He managed to get his hands on some.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BOWz73wgj7R/

Are there unauthorized NFTs of Anish’s Vantablack works? It seems like it would be appropriate.

Nice they have a White 2.0 too since last year (up to 99.6% reflective). And as with Black 3.0 banned for Colour criminals ;).

Colour criminals are defined as:

WHY ARE THE COLOUR CRIMINALS BANNED?

Anish Kapoor & the creators of Vantablack for hoarding the material and for generally being rotters.

Dupont for the imprisonment of tech consultant Walter Liew for espionage, after he stole and sold blueprints for their secret titanium white process for over $30million.

T-Mobile & its parent company Deutsche Telekom for claiming magenta as their own and suing small businesses for using it.

Scientists at ISIS Neutron and Muon Source who are in the process of investigating polar bear fur, insect scales and fathers for industrial and commercial applications.

3M for their ownership of Canary Yellow.

Daniel Smith, for buying up the last reserves of quinacridone Gold pigment in the world, so that only they would be able to sell it to artists.

https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2016-stealing-dupont-whit...

https://sandrinemaugy.com/2018/04/30/the-final-batch-of-quin...

Finding a commercial use for polar bear fur is awesome, actually. It would ensure that polar bears never go extinct.

Like how elephants were greatly reduced in numbers to make billiard balls?

Or whales, or rhinos, or sharks, or beaver, or buffalo...

I'm more thinking like cows

Cows are fairly peaceful animals that naturally live in a herd and have been domesticated for thousands of years (people can get killed by cows, but it's rare).

Bears are huge ferocious animals that typically live solitary lives and will kill you and your entire family while hardly breaking a sweat.

Keeping polar bears "like cows" sounds like some good comedy sketch material.

Counterpoint: we did it with wolves.

True, but this took thousands of years. We could domesticate descendents of polar bears, perhaps. But those would no longer be polar bears.

Also, injuries and even deaths from dogs are still quite common, and polar bears (and their hypothetical domesticated descendents) are a lot stronger.

If that's 99.6% reflective, how is this new paint the whitest ever at only 98%?

Could be the spectrum that its tested under. Maybe the 99.6% is visible light and the 98% is all energy from sun. If that's the case, the 98% is much more impressive.

From the thermal imaging results given in the article, i'd say your conjecture is correct.

Of which, the picture of on the home page has clearly visible white text over it.... :D

I used Black 2.0 and 3.0 to make an distracting little sill disappear. 2.0 was easier to use, but 3.0 is really really black.

before: https://photos.app.goo.gl/usBMEYDRgykc2bni6

after: https://photos.app.goo.gl/89cyApVzncXWcHYt5 https://photos.app.goo.gl/zxnGMrcUrodM78Lq8

night (really just gone): https://photos.app.goo.gl/La1KNutxn3PhSEAg8

closeup: https://photos.app.goo.gl/uQ3d5oRYtnB3Tfzh8

I wonder if you could use this with the white paint mentioned to make crookes radiometers capable of doing useful work.

I tried it. It's not that black at all. My regular black T-shirt was blacker than a piece of cardboard I painted with Black 3.0. Super disappointing, to say the least.

Your T-shirt's a 3d structure with microfibers. I'm not surprised it was able to be more black than a hard surface: fabric's actually a really good way to make an intense black.

The Culture Hustle blacks are also matte, which is very much a limiting factor (and part of the concept). I find if you're willing to accept highlights, super gloss black is way better at being super black everywhere that isn't a highlight. At that point you're trying to get the most localized highlight as possible, to get it out of the way so everywhere else can look blacker.

Maybe it was applied wrong? The website mentioned that porous materials must be sealed first before spraying with black 3.0.

I did prepare it with Black 2.0 first.

Ne Joke: Use it on something you prepared before (eg sanded down). And use Black 2.0 as a primer. Results are way better

Neat. I was wondering if you could buy that stuff. There are trim pieces in my car I want to paint with it to eliminate reflections in the cabin.

Can I get in on that action? I don't understand why instrument cluster bezels are universally chromed but I hate it and my eyes hate it and I'd really like to look at my gauges without getting blinded.

Sadly, from their FAQ[0]:

Q. Can I paint my car / bike etc...

A. NO - 3.0 is quite fragile and will just scratch off, it won’t weather well.

Q. Can I put a topcoat over it then?

A. NO that will destroy the matte effect, and many topcoats (including our COAT) will react with the paint and ruin the finish.

https://culturehustle.com/collections/black/products/black-3... (it's on the right hand side a few scrolls down the page)

Should be okay inside the car though...

Not sure if it's okay in high temperatures though. When the air temp in the car can go as high as 60 C, black surfaces can go as high as 80 C or more.

Hah, yep, same situation on both my Ford vehicles.

I think I’ll end up removing the trim, masking the pieces I dont want to paint, and then hitting the chrome with Plastidip spray. It’s an aerosol can that contains a rubberized coating. It comes out looking like a matte finish paint but it can be peeled off of most surfaces so it’s not permanent.

That's a great site. Thanks for the share.

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