# the new black **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 17, 2008, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-black/433812 "2008-01-17T00:56:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CynicalGabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2008, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-black/433812/1 "2008-01-17T00:56:38Z")
> **[US boffins create darkest material ever](https://www.theregister.com/offbeat/2008/01/16/us-boffins-create-darkest-material-ever/740469)** > > Blacker than a black cat in a coal cellar Really! It is! > [@](#): > > US researchers announced yesterday they’d concocted the darkest material on the planet - a carbon nanotube substance so black it absorbs more than 99.9 per cent of light, Reuters reports. ---
**Author:** ![Omegaman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e480ec/32.png) [@Omegaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omegaman)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2008, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-black/433812/2 "2008-01-17T00:58:13Z")
Johnny Cash is rolling over in his grave. ---
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2008, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-black/433812/3 "2008-01-17T02:47:04Z")
But is it slimming? Can I get a pair of pants with it? ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2008, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-black/433812/4 "2008-01-17T02:49:19Z")
My grandfather, from the mountains of western North Carolina, used to say, “It was darker than a stack of black cats!” Is it darker than _that_? ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2008, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-black/433812/5 "2008-01-17T02:59:09Z")
I want to do my bathroom in it. Then I could paint the sink black to brighten up the room. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2008, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-black/433812/6 "2008-01-17T04:19:40Z")
They must have coated my [deersuede jacket](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2248/2076182810_5d7923e141.jpg) in this stuff. It’s so black I can barely get a decent picture of me wearing it - it just looks like a featureless blob. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2008, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-black/433812/7 "2008-01-17T04:20:07Z")
Hotblack Desiato’s people called, they were wondering about a large enough supply to cover a good size space ship. ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2008, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-black/433812/8 "2008-01-17T06:11:25Z")
What is this substance called? I couldn’t find it in the article. I mean, it’s not just “carbon nanotubes”, right? There is a \*name \* of this substance? ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2008, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-black/433812/9 "2008-01-17T16:15:32Z")
[QUOTE=Nzinga, Seated] What is this substance called? I couldn’t find it in the article. I mean, it’s not just “carbon nanotubes”, right? There is a \*name \* of this substance? [/QUOTE] “Fred.” ---
**Author:** ![Santo\_Rugger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Santo\_Rugger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santo_Rugger)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2008, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-black/433812/10 "2008-01-17T16:17:38Z")
Wonder what a picture of Fred would look like? Would you be able to see it? ---
**Author:** ![ASAKMOTSD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/919ad9/32.png) [@ASAKMOTSD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASAKMOTSD)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2008, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-black/433812/11 "2008-01-17T16:37:16Z")
[Queue Los Brovos](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVWNZPOUhO8) ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2008, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-black/433812/12 "2008-01-17T16:53:18Z")
You can’t see nanotubes on YouTube. BTW, I think it’s spelled _cue._ 😉 ---
**Author:** ![ChiefScott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@ChiefScott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChiefScott)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2008, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-black/433812/13 "2008-01-17T16:55:26Z")
Not if they’re lining up… ---
**Author:** ![sciurophobic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cab0a1/32.png) [@sciurophobic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sciurophobic)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2008, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-black/433812/14 "2008-01-17T21:26:54Z")
Is it blacker than “Smell the Glove?” ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2008, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-black/433812/15 "2008-01-17T21:28:10Z")
Eh, strikes me more as the new pink. ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2008, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-black/433812/16 "2008-01-17T21:29:23Z")
You have to ask yourself, how much blacker could it be? And the answer’s none, none more black. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2008, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-black/433812/17 "2008-01-17T21:43:00Z")
[QUOTE=sciurophobic] Is it blacker than “Smell the Glove?” [/QUOTE] No, impossible. None more black.