How to pronounce“vantablack”in English

Enter Vantablack, which claimed the world record for “blackest black” at the time.

Before Vantablack came on the scene, several labs had demonstrated near-perfect absorption: less than 0.1% in the visible and near-infrared bands!

But Vantablack isn’t the current record holder.

While humans have managed to create blacker blacks than anything we’ve found in the animal kingdom, 0.05% is right in line with the original Vantablack. And nature managed to do that just with evolution.

It’s been 10 years since Vantablack claimed the title of “blackest black”, astounding the world with its ability to darken materials beyond recognition.

But in 2014, Vantablack coined the catchiest name, and thereby got all the hype.

Then in 2016, Vantablack beat the record with, wait for it, Vantablack2.