BMW‘s most eye-catching offerings at the Frankfurt auto show in September won’t be a new car, SUV or motorcycle. Instead, it will more likely be a paint color. That’s because the company has announced ...

The floodgates are opening! The world will soon be full of products coated in the darkest color on the planet. Luxury watch brands are known for encasing timepieces in rare, beautiful materials, ...

But until now, Vantablack’s nonscientific uses have been just that: buzzy, one-off projects that have generated short-lived bursts of noise and media fascination, but not much else. That’s largely ...

Why is the darkest color in the world covering a $2 million diamond? It’s the result of a first-of-its-kind collaboration between art and science. 29,469 people played the daily Crossword recently.

Black leather jacket, Eerie black, Outer space, Licorice, Onyx and plain old Black. These are the names of Crayola’s blackest of black crayons. Sure, they’re all jet black, but none of them have ...

It's been six years since BMW covered a new X6 in Vantablack as a one-off experiment. The crossover was difficult to see as the coating absorbed nearly all the light that hit the bodywork, but it was ...

Full pitch-black cars are often called murdered-out in our field of work, but what do you call the world’s blackest vehicle? You could refer to it by using the official name of the color, which is ...

A paint so impractical (and cool) -- think matte black squared -- you know some idiot will have to try it on a street car, even though it doesn't like being left outside, or washed. This nanotube ...

Light streaks caused by passing satellites mar images taken by the world's most expensive telescopes. The problem is set to get worse. A new type of super-black, highly resistant satellite paint ...

Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. Last ...

From Honda to Rolls-Royce, car companies positioned all over the automotive spectrum have recently released blacked-out cars aimed at motorists seeking a sinister-looking, Batmobile-esque set of ...