<div><p>It looks like black is the new black, specifically Vantablack.</p><p>It's a new material that's now a Guinness World Record Holder. It's the darkest material on earth, absorbing 99.96% of visible light.</p><p>What exactly does that mean? Well for starters it means that if you paint a 3D object in Vantablack your eye can't see it any more, all you could detect would be the edges. Picture what a mountain looks like to a bird. Vantablack would take that and turn it into a hole in the ground.</p><p><!-- [invalid-shortcode] --></p><div><figure><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/vantablackpaint-youtube.jpg" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/vantablackpaint-youtube_GH_content_550px.jpg 550w" sizes="89vw" title="Vantablack Paint" alt="Vantablack Paint" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img><figcaption class="op-vertical-center"><cite>YouTube</cite></figcaption></figure></div><p>Or as displayed at the labs of Surrey NanoSystems, a golden mask becomes indistinguishable when painted with Vantablack.</p><p>It's so dark that even lasers get lost in it.</p><p><!-- [invalid-shortcode] --></p><p>The first edition was released as a sheet that could be used to cover some kinds of objects. However a new version exists in spray form and can cover almost anything.</p><p>Surrey NanoSystems designed the material and continues testing. Just because it exists don't think that means you'll be able to pick up a bucket of Vantablack paint any time soon. The technology is closely guarded and only distributed to a select few.</p><div><figure><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/vantablack-hint-fashion.jpg" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/vantablack-hint-fashion_GH_content_550px.jpg 550w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/vantablack-hint-fashion_GH_content_650px.jpg 650w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/vantablack-hint-fashion_GH_content_750px.jpg 750w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/vantablack-hint-fashion_GH_content_850px.jpg 850w" sizes="89vw" title="Vantablack Fashion" alt="Vantablack Fashion" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img><figcaption class="op-vertical-center"><cite>Hint Fashion Magazine</cite></figcaption></figure></div><p>You might be wondering why we need a black that's blacker than black.</p><p>The material was designed for high-tech industries like space equipment. Vantablack apparently lets telescopes see lightyears farther than before, however more and more uses are being discovered.</p><p><!-- [invalid-shortcode] --></p><p>Only one artist in the world, Anish Kapoor, is licensed to use Vantablack and the US is looking at Vantablack for it's possible applications in camouflage.</p></div>