b'picks + tricksB lackest C olour theory is an amazing thing, full of brain twistingtop tipfacts. For example, we talk a lot about the effects that light has on colour, but colour itself is reflected light. And since the colours we see are actually missing the light waves of the hue we think were looking at, this means that what weResene Blackest Black is available in Resene collectively call black is actually the absence of all colours A4 drawdown paint swatches. Order swatches though not completely, at least in the world of paint. online at www.resene.com/drawdowns.Resene Group Technical Manager Mike Clowes says a paint colour can only be classified as black if it reflects less than 1%Reseneof incident light. Recently, he and his team formulated an evenStepping Stoneblacker black than Resene Black, the colour that specifiers wouldis the new black previously turn to when only the darkest would do. As it turns out,opposite: Resene Blackest Black is ideal for a shaving down that last percentage is a very tricky thing.Blacknessandlightreflectionareinverselyproportional.media room, as it is jetter and thus absorbs more light than other colours. Wall painted New Resene Blackest Black crowned theThe lesser the light reflection from an object, the blacker it is,in Resene SpaceCote Low Sheen tinted explains Mike. Since black pigment is the key component of a companys darkest colour offering yet. black paint colour, a range of parameters such as its particle size,to Resene Blackest Black, floor in Resene Stepping Stone, cabinet in Resene Lustacryl concentration, surface functionalities and stabilisation influencetinted to Resene Nero, large vase in Resene the jetness of the black colour it generates.Element, small vase in Resene Foundry and Finer black pigment particles usually exhibit higher jetness.wood board in Resene Blackest Black. 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The decision for the company to beginSheen, which was used to make the Blackest Black colour card.right: Resene Blackest Black is initially producingtheexpandedBritishStandardcolours(alsoknownMike says it is likely to be trialled in Resene Waterborne Superavailable in Resene SpaceCote Low Sheen, as BS2660) was driven by a request from an architect, DavidGloss hybrid waterborne alkyd (which is formulated using novelbut if you would like it in a higher sheen Launder, who had recently returned from the UK and brought thewaterborne alkyd technology) over the coming months to expandfinish, simply topcoat it in Resene Concrete colour chart to Tony Nightingalewho was Resenes Managingthe substrates the colour can be applied to.Clear in your choice of sheen. Background and small board in Resene SpaceCote Low Director at the time. David asked if the company could replicateUntil then, the colour can be topcoated in Resene ConcreteSheen tinted to Resene Blackest Black. 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