Revisiting JH Color Theory x @depthsofwikipedia collab — exploring the stories behind idiosyncratic color. No. 1 Vantablack : “Vantablack is the blackest black in the world— so dark it makes real life look photoshopped. It absorbs up to 99.965% of light, so practically no photons reflect to the human eye.” No. 2 The Color of Noise: “The background noise of the world,” how texture sounds, and that we generally need a more nuanced vocabulary to describe our experiences. Via @depthsofwikipedia : “Colors arise from light waves just like sound arises from sound waves. In the early twentieth century, physicists started a charming convention of naming certain types of noise after colors whose light waves resemble the sound’s sound waves. For example, red noise is named after red light due to its low frequency waves. White noise sounds like a mixture of all frequencies— a hissy static-y noise heralded for its ability to drown out background noise and potentially improve focus.” No. 3 Eigengrau: or “brain gray,” the color we see in the absence of light. It’s not actually black— because our eyes are better attuned to see contrast than absolute brightness. #colortheory #jhannahnailpolish #depthsofwikipedia #wikipedia