Black 3.0

Name: Black 3.0
Rating: 1.5 (2 reviews)

The blackest black acrylic art paint

1.5•2 reviews•

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The blackest black acrylic art paint

1.5•2 reviews•

1 follower

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Black 3.0 is a super special acrylic paint. We have spent nearly 2 years tweaking its formulation to create a black that absorbs 98-99% of visible light! Quite simply we've created the blackest black acrylic paint.

Launch tags:Art•Crowdfunding•Internet of Things

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I was having a discussion with a friend about the uses for the paint and we wondered if you could paint the side wall of car tyres so they look flat black? Would this work on a tyre?

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7yr ago

PlatoWork Brain Stimulator

@albert_arshakyan For tyres you'll want two coats, the first coat will give it something to cling on to then a second coat will make it go really black.

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7yr ago

Black 3.0

Maker

Hi Everyone! Thanks @Chrismessina for hunting us !! I'm Stuart and I created Black 3.0 :) it's lovely to be here and meet you all! Black 3.0 is a super special acrylic paint. We have spent almost 2 years tweaking it's formulation. Last November we shared a beta batch of black 3.0 with 1000 artists and after their feedback and thoughts we re-formulated it into the best black we could possibly make. Quite simply we've made the blackest black acrylic paint which absorbs between 98 and 99% of visible light. We started working on Black 3.0 because we heard the artist Anish Kapoor had exclusive rights to vantablack (a scientific process to coat things in the blackest human made substance). All the artists around the world were really annoyed because it would've been SO COOL to have our work coated in vanta but the company that invented it flat out refused. So a couple years ago I created and shared the PINKEST PINk with all artists EXCEPT KAPOOR, when you added it to cart on the site you had to agree to a legal declaration that you wern't Kapoor and wern't going to share any with him. I wanted to give him a taste of his own medicine and teach him to share his colours. Sadly he got hold of the pink and dipped his middle finger in it and posted on instagram. Everyone was so upset, and since then I've been working really hard on a super black, blackest black paint for all artists except him! We've done that and I think it's awesome. So we've put it on kickstarter to fundraise to get it into production on a big scale (our little studio can't make something that complex - although we have made and shared several crazy art materials). Anyway, I hope you guys like what I've come up with and I'm here if you've got any questions or thoughts. Stuart x x

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7yr ago

@stuart_semple This is an interesting story behind a creation.

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7yr ago

Black 3.0

Maker

@amelia_clark thanks! It's amazing where inspiration for things can come from :)

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7yr ago

Brutal Teardowns

@chrismessina @stuart_semple Made me think of the black holes that cartoon characters would paint and then jump into, the kinda thing where a train would come out and smash Wile E Coyote. And then I realised, Kapoor is the artist who designed the black-painted bottomless pit that a tourist fell into... so, I guess, I was kinda right.

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7yr ago

Black 3.0

Maker

@chrismessina @rossdcurrie ha ha ha too true!! you were right - some art holes are dangerous ;P

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7yr ago

I have been following the Vantablack craze for some time now and I can really think of a million ways that this black can be used, especially for marketing purposes! So being here I think will get it places. I for one backed it already so it's coming to Rhodes, Greece!

Pros:

The blackest black of all blacks!

Cons:

What?

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7yr ago

@stuart_semple - 2 quick questions: 1) if I were to paint neon color paint over this, would it work well in a black light? 2) same as the first question... only with invisible-in-daylight uv-reactive paint... and if it will react in black light.

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7yr ago

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7yr ago

DO NOT BUY THIS PAINT - IT IS A TOTAL SCAM the paint goes on fine and dries okay, but do not expect any magnificent dark black.... it literally looks like flat black poster paint a kid would use. furthermore it comes right off whatever you paint. it will scratch at the SLIGHTEST touch. if you manage not to scratch it, it will get dirty. so disgustingly dirty with dust, white smudges? it doesnt make any sense to me. i managed an art gallery for years (on a budget too!) and have never seen such a piss poor paint before. any "absorption" of light or any photos on the website is just totally misleading, camera effect, whatever. STAY AWAY!!!!! YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED!!!

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5yr ago

A spray version will be handy as well

Pros:

As dark as my soul

Cons:

Need a bucket version for my car detailing

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7yr ago

Black 3.0

Maker

hey hey we're hoping to have larger quantities later in the year. But you can totally spray it now if you thin with water :)

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7yr ago

I was excited to back this project, and then when I finally got my bottle I was seriously disappointed to find out this was just a bunch of hype in a bottle. Not only is it the same shade of black as existing paints (any number of professional acrylic gauche black), but also Black 3.0 does NOT dry to a stable film as you would expect from a paint! In trying to make it blacker they apparently put so much pigment in there that there is not enough binder to hold it together and a thin application will scratch easily while thicker bits will crumble away with a small amount of pressure. Not archival in the least, not worth the money, and does NOT live up to the hype!

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7yr ago

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