“Black 4.0 absorbs an astonishing 99.95% of visible light which is about as close to full light absorption as you’ll ever get in a paint,” said Semple. He notes this outperforms Vantablack ...

Narrator: You may remember this color, Vantablack. It was unveiled in 2014 ... In 2014, she set out on a mission to find the blackest black. Her goal was to make a diamond disappear.

The choreographer recalls experiencing the first Vantablack works at Kapoor’s foundation in Venice when it opened in 2022, which appeared like huge voids and craggy black forms inside the palazzo.