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Scientists Made a Car Paint So Black It Looks Like a Hole in Reality

The coating averaged 0.08% reflectance and passed humidity, water-resistance and adhesion tests, researchers said.

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Researchers with Singapore-based Nipsea have created a new “ultra-black coating” that absorbs an average of 99.9% of all visible light wavelengths.

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Scientists have a new way to make cars more black than ever before

The coating absorbs over 99.9 percent of visible light wavelengths

·London, United Kingdom
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The material can absorb 99.9% of all waves of visible light.

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Since Vantablack created the "blackest black", there has been a competition for ever darker nuances. Of all the car industry has it in mind

·Vienna, Austria
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A deep black in car paints is perceived as particularly elegant. A substance developed in China surpasses previous materials and could soon be used on top-class models. A German company provided the impetus for this.

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Chinese researchers have developed a color that absorbs 99.9 percent of the incident light – and is supposed to be an extremely dark car paint.

·Germany
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Spiegel broke the news in Germany on Thursday, June 18, 2026.
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