Invisible energy … Vantablack, which absorbs almost all light that hits it. Photograph: Surrey Nano Systems

Can an artist ever really own a colour?

The colour currently ruffling artistic temperaments is black – but not just any black. This is the blackest black ever. Vantablack, developed by British company NanoSystems to use on stealth satellites reflects almost no light at all

Painters are outraged that Anish Kapoor, the British sculptor who designed the blood-red Orbit tower for the London Olympics, has exclusive rights to the artistic use of this revolutionary new colour. NanoSystems has confirmed that he alone can paint it Vantablack.

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