The paint, dubbed “Musou Black,” can reportedly absorb 99.4% of visible light. And while that’s obviously a tiny bit less absorbent than Vantablack, the effect is apparently exactly the same.

A Japanese company called Koyo Orient Japan has a Musou Black paint that absorbs 99.4% of visible light. For around $30, anyone can buy a 100ml bottle of Musou Black and do with it what they please.

Musou Black is a water-based acrylic that can be applied like many other automotive paint. Unlike general black acrylics, which absorb around 94 or 95 per cent of light, Musou Black is said to ...

and painted it in Musou Black, the world’s blackest water-based acrylic paint, with the aim of transforming it into the world’s darkest Porsche. Pit One Customs’ creation does look cool ...