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julianm

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202 months

Tuesday 23rd September 2014
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http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/blackest...

I vant some & think it would be perfect for a respray on a Veyron!

julianm

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Tuesday 23rd September 2014
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I`ve used a projector connected to one of those `magic` Smartboard whiteboards as used in many UK classrooms. I used to set it to a black background & write on it with pale green. It really did seem to be projecting black - it certainly wasn`t just an absence of light. The blokes who fitted it couldn`t explain it - any ideas?

julianm

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202 months

Tuesday 23rd September 2014
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I ended up with the physics dept trying to explain it with `retinal confusion`- but if you created a shadow thus preventing the `black light` hitting the screen the shadow was certainly less black than the `black` bit being projected. That was in a room with good quality full blackout blinds & the only light coming from the projector. I gave my eyeballs a good talking to but they still couldn`t understand...