World’s whitest paint is now thin enough for cars, planes

World’s whitest paint is now thin enough for cars, planes

You’ve probably heard of the world’s blackest black. So far, it has gotten excited mostly artists and designers. This week, I learned that there’s a race for the whitest white as well. It doesn’t look as cool as the blackest black, but its effect is cooler, or, well, cooling.


From Weekly Filet #414, in October 2022.

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