Phoebe for snow
black http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/19/AR2008021902617.html?nav=rss_nation
Researchers in New York reported this month that they have created a paper-thin material that absorbs 99.955 percent of the light that hits it, making it by far the darkest substance ever made -- about 30 times as dark as the government's current standard for blackest black.
if they could only do that for televisions, i would by one as i can't stand the dark areas on televisions, which is why i still have 2 25 year old color sets.