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        <title>Mattest &#038; Flattest: Blackest Paint You Can Buy Turns Solids into Voids</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jul 2017 17:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kurt Kohlstedt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a weird ongoing war over the blackest black and pinkest pink in the world, a new contender has hit the market &#8212; and unlike Vantablack, anyone can purchase some to make really dark artwork (great for black holes!). Stuart Semple&#8217;s blackest salvo to date in this pigment war is Black 2.0, which can create <a href="https://weburbanist.com/2017/07/13/mattest-flattest-blackest-paint-you-can-buy-turns-solids-into-voids/">&#8230;</a>]]></description>
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<div id="urb-ads-toc-box" class="post-ads-toc-box urb-ads-toc" style="display:none;"></div><p>In a weird ongoing war over the <a href="https://weburbanist.com/2017/02/14/absurdism-artists-fight-over-use-of-worlds-blackest-black-pinkest-pink/">blackest black and pinkest pink</a> in the world, a new contender has hit the market &mdash; and unlike Vantablack, anyone can purchase some to make really dark artwork (great for black holes!).</p>
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<p>Stuart Semple&rsquo;s blackest salvo to date in this pigment war is <a href="https://culturehustle.com/collections/frontpage/products/black-v1-0-beta-the-world-s-mattest-flattest-blackest-art-material">Black 2.0</a>, which can create mesmerizing effects in real life that also translate to images and videos. In them, painted objects appear flat, or like voids rather than solids.</p>
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<p>According to its creators, &ldquo;its the most pigmented, flattest, mattest, black acrylic paint in the world,&rdquo; a claim backed up by a lot of black-coated objects juxtaposed with lighter and brighter&nbsp;surroundings.</p>
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<p>This pigment &ldquo;was created in close collaboration with color chemists, specialists from the cosmetics industry and architectural coatings experts. It&rsquo;s foundation is Stuart&rsquo;s &lsquo;Super-Base&rsquo; which enables this paint to hold more pigment than any other whilst drying to an anti-reflective, super flat finish.&rdquo;</p>
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<p>An implicit stab at the Vantablack exclusivity arrangement: &ldquo;It has been developed in close collaboration with thousands of artists from all over the world. Their amazing insight, support and inspiration has formed this unique super-black paint for the benefit of all artists.&rdquo;</p>
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<p>Semple admits it&rsquo;s not truly the blackest paint when compared to Vantablack, clarifying that it is just the blackest <em>acrylic </em>and blackest paint&nbsp;<em>available to all artists</em>, not just one who secured exclusive rights &mdash; note: this black is available to <a href="https://weburbanist.com/2017/02/14/absurdism-artists-fight-over-use-of-worlds-blackest-black-pinkest-pink/">everyone <em>but&nbsp;</em>that artist</a>&nbsp;(via&nbsp;<a href="http://mymodernmet.com/stuart-semple-blackest-paint/">MyModernMet</a>).</p>
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