Paintings made with Day Glo paint - some by well-known and influential artists - are losing their glow over time. Conservationists don't yet know how to solve this puzzle, but we do at least know how Day Glo got started. Plus: meet a color that absorbs 99.995 percent of incoming light. Even Nigel Tufnel would say that's pretty black.
Day-Glo masterpieces are fading. A conservator and her team are racing to save them (Los Angeles Times)
How DayGlo Went From Utility Pigment to Design World Darling (AIGA Eye on Design)
Engineers Just Unveiled a New Blackest-Ever Material, Even Darker Than Vantablack (Science Alert)
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