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NolanSyKinsley t1_j2cwn67 wrote

Reply to comment by artisnotsubjective in TIL The darkest color in the world doesn't have a name, it has the ability to absorb 99.995% of light and has been used to cover a diamond worth 2 million dollars for an "artistic project" by mic3ttaa

A texture that removes all color, and the absence of color is.... what's that? Oh, right, black. Butterfly wings are blue and iridescent, but they are not blue at all, they are actually just shiny, the blue comes from their structure refracting light, so to you "it's just a texture" and not a color? or can color be generated by a structure by manipulating light waves?

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artisnotsubjective t1_j2d13nt wrote

Texture doesn't remove color. The absence of light does. No light equals no color.

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mic3ttaa OP t1_j2d3jhx wrote

Black does not reflect any light. A surface is called a reflective black surface if it has practically no diffuse reflection but a small amount of specular reflection. If you illuminate it with a small light source it will appear mostly black but will show a dim image of the light source.

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