A recent thread on the Book-Arts Listserv introduced me to Vantablack the blackest paint ever made, absorbing 99.96% of light. Unfortunately, the artist Anish Kapoor has licenced exclusive rights to use it for artwork. Fortunately, Stuart Semple at Culture Hustle is making a similar product, though it is not quite as black. So everyone else in the world will have to settle for the second blackest paint on earth.
via Almost Vantablack: The Second Blackest Paint on Earth — jeff peachey