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  2. Vantablack - Wikipedia

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    Vantablack is a class of super-black coatings with total hemispherical reflectances (THR) below 1% [4] in the visible spectrum. The name is a portmanteau of the acronym VANTA (vertically aligned nanotube arrays) [5] and black.

  3. Blacklight paint - Wikipedia

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    Some coupons and tickets use colorful black light inks. On many German locomotives the control panel labels were printed with black light paint and a black light source was provided in the cab. This left the driver with full night vision while still enabling him to distinguish between the different switches and levers to operate his locomotive.

  4. Tint, shade and tone - Wikipedia

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    This moves the mixed color toward a neutral color—a gray or near-black. Lights are made brighter or dimmer by adjusting their brightness, i.e., energy level; in painting, lightness is adjusted through mixture with white, black, or a color's complement. The Color Triangle depicting tint, shade, and tone was proposed in 1937 by Faber Birren. [4]

  5. Color mixing - Wikipedia

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    In these models, mixing black and white will yield white, black and gray, respectively. Physical mixing processes, e.g. mixing light beams or oil paints, will follow one or a hybrid of these 3 models. [1] Each mixing model is associated with several color models, depending on the approximate primary colors used.

  6. Japanning - Wikipedia

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    Georgian japanned tin tea tray—severely worn—black lacquer and gilt made in Birmingham, UK. Japanning is a type of finish that originated as a European imitation of East Asian lacquerwork. It was first used on furniture, but was later much used on small items in metal. The word originated in the 17th century.

  7. Black - Wikipedia

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    Cennini also noted that "There is another black which is made from burnt almond shells or peaches and this is a perfect, fine black." [45] Similar fine blacks were made by burning the pits of the peach, cherry or apricot. The powdered charcoal was then mixed with gum arabic or the yellow of an egg to make a paint.

  8. Japan black - Wikipedia

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    Japan black (also called black japan and bicycle paint [1]) is a lacquer or varnish suitable for many substrates but known especially for its use on iron and steel. It can also be called japan lacquer and Brunswick black. Its name comes from the association between the finish and Japanese products in the West. [2]

  9. Luminous paint - Wikipedia

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    Pearl Scene using phosphorescent paint, Irving Berlin's 1921 Music Box Revue. Phosphorescent paint is commonly called "glow-in-the-dark" paint. It is made from phosphors such as silver-activated zinc sulfide or doped strontium aluminate, and typically glows a pale green to greenish-blue color. The mechanism for producing light is similar to ...

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