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Re:BMW unveils car sprayed with Vantablack by marcusverus on Friday August 30, 2019 @05:30PM (#20842902)
While Vanta black is much darker than regular black paint when observed well lit areas, i’m not sure that the difference would matter much in the dark, given that regular black vehicles are already effectively invisible but for their lights.
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Re:BMW unveils car sprayed with Vantablack by rhacker on Friday August 30, 2019 @07:41PM (#20843720)
Black paint with a poly-coat at night is highly reflective. Vantablack is going to stay black when you shine a light on it from any direction and reflection angle.
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Re:BMW unveils car sprayed with Vantablack by foobarian on Friday August 30, 2019 @09:23PM (#20844093)
It's hard to see most dark cars at night. You can see for yourself if you come across someone who forgets to turn on their lights. There are two things that help the most:

1) Their own lights

2) Your own lights bouncing off various corner reflectors [1] on the target car

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corner_reflector

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