110: The Science of Blackness

You’ve probably heard of Vantablack, the black that was once the blackest in the world, but you probably haven’t heard of the war it started between two artists - Stuart Semple & Anish Kapoor.

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References & Further Reading

1. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/artist-only-person-banned-using-worlds-pinkest-pink-180961464/
2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NzVmtbPOrM
3. https://www.surreynanosystems.com/about/vantablack
4. https://www.wired.com/story/vantablack-anish-kapoor-stuart-semple/
5. https://news.mit.edu/2019/blackest-black-material-cnt-0913
6. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/mummy-art-painting-delacroix-pigment-ancient-Egypt
7. https://culturehustle.com/
8. https://www.archpaper.com/2017/07/anish-kapoor-blackest-black/
9. http://stuartsemple.com/about/
10. https://www.livescience.com/32559-why-do-we-see-in-color.html
11. https://science.howstuffworks.com/vantablack.htm
12. https://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/06/garden/what-you-can-do-with-vantablack-the-darkest-material-ever-made.html

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