Just for anyone's who may not be aware. This is a coating on the actual piece of crumpled aluminum foil, not a flat piece of fabric, sitting on top of it or something. The reason it looks so flat is because it uniformly and completely absorbs all light so it doesn't get reflected back at weird angles. Photos of vantablack are difficult because no display can even show that shade of black so they do things like this that create optical illusions to get the point across.
chr0nicpirate on September 22nd, 2023 at 16:47 UTC »
Just for anyone's who may not be aware. This is a coating on the actual piece of crumpled aluminum foil, not a flat piece of fabric, sitting on top of it or something. The reason it looks so flat is because it uniformly and completely absorbs all light so it doesn't get reflected back at weird angles. Photos of vantablack are difficult because no display can even show that shade of black so they do things like this that create optical illusions to get the point across.
Malbolgiea on September 22nd, 2023 at 17:38 UTC »
I love how they were able to create a new shade of black, copyrighted it, and prohibit it's use.
markhewitt1978 on September 22nd, 2023 at 17:43 UTC »
I doubt that it's blacker than Priest Socks.