Musou Black Water-based Acrylic Paint - 100ml - Made in Japan - Blackest Black in the World

Great deep dark paint. It makes it look pretty close to a void. Love using it in my paintings. Did have a hard time opening it after my first use so i had to take a drill to the top and cover it with plastic wrap after use. Which eventually gets clogged so i use a toothpick to be able to pour it out.

Wonderful if you want a deep matte black. Applies smoothly with either a brush or airbrush. Extremely extremely dark, almost like a special effect. It's not a general purpose acrylic paint, though, so you need to keep that in mind when painting objects that will be handled. The finish is delicate, so you can't use it for something that gets touched, and varnishing it ruins much of the effect. But on canvas or art pieces it's wonderful. Compared to its competitors: It's darker than Stuart Semple's/Culture Hustle's Black 4.0, is less expensive, and arrives faster (days instead of months)

As most other have said, this is some really amazing blackness. I would compare it to the soul of my ex - black hole soul dark, stuck in a sealed cave dark. Dark. Dark. Dark. The manufacturer recommends airbrushing multiple thin layers for maximum effect. I both brushed and airbrushed and it certainly is the case that airbrushing works best but it's not a crazy difference between using two or three coats of brush. The soul sucking black is still there. People have mentioned durability and adhesion issues and I agree this will never be a just slap it on and go paint for anything... HOWEVER...I airbrush a lot and decided to run it like I run all my airbrush paints and tested it mixed with Createx Matte UVLS clear as I would most other paints where durability is an issue. Visually...no discernible difference. I woke up and gave it a rub test...the test panels that is and the UVLS is definitely more durable. I also spilled the blackest black paint in the world because that's something I would do so I did a quick brush paint from the spilled paint on a little air purifier. No primer or anything, pic included here from shiny white plastic to black hole dark. As others have noted, it looks almost fuzzy but it's not. This is a really great paint and just fun! I paint almost everyday but this paint is actually inspiring....beautiful.

It's not as black as Black 4.0. It absorbs most light, but you can see corners on a box if you paint it, which means that it doesn't absorb all light. If you're using it for painting like on a canvas, great... If you're painting something to look fake or non-existent, this won't work.

I reviewed this before, but I love this product so much, I just have to review it again: This is verified by both me, and Reddit (for whatever that's worth) to be the BLACKEST most darkest paint on the market. It literally looks like a black hole when dried (key word dried. When applied wet, it looks glossy, so give it time to dry and it'll be the mattest most blackest void paint you can buy). Note that I've used paint from various other sources that claim to be the "blackest" paint: Culture Hustle makes very high quality products, but their Black 3.0 and newer Black 4.0 are NOT as black as Musou Black. They are very dark, I'll admit that, but if comparing photos of Musuo Black and anything from Culture Hustle, you'll see with similar lighting conditions that Musuo Black is distinguishingly darker. There are a few things I've learned about Musuo Black just from using it that I think is worth mentioning: A little goes a long way, but multiple thin layers will result in very dark blacks base. I would do no more than 2 layers, because more after that will be redundant. More importantly, with Musuo Black, you CANNOT use a protective Varnish layer over it! You could, but the result will be your once very black color will become gray with a glossy texture over it. The impact of the black layer is now gone. IF you're looking for a black acrylic paint color that looks very dark (but not nearly as dark as Musuo Black without anything on top of it), I suggest Windsor & Newton's "Ivory Black" then use Glossy / Semi-Gloss Gamvar varnish over top. It actually brings out more blackness due to the varnish. The best method I found for protecting the Musuo Black paint is to frame it with "Museum Quality Anti UV Anti Glare" framing glass. It's expensive, but also, in what few times I've framed something that contained Musuo Black, the most non-reflective glass in the world will still take a LITTLE away from its bare pure black application. Not much, but still there. As a personal aside: I added matte medium for acrylic paint to Musuo Black to see if it could make it even less reflective, but it actually made it MORE reflective and gray in color, which was surprising. So don't follow in my footsteps. If anyone finds a good way to retain "blackness" of Musuo Black as bare when dry, but also applies a protective varnish-like coat on top, then please comment and share, because I experiment with paints and mediums (even unorthodox ones), and for this problem I'm stumped. One year in a dusty room will make it look way less matte. Regardless: Musuo Black is verified by me to be the (current) blackest black color you can buy (other than Vanta Black that we're not allowed to buy anyway). I HIGHLY suggest this item.

Great item. Too bad it easily rubs off after it dries. But I have read that is pretty common with this sort of paint. You would need to add some sort of protective layer Matte finish to keep it from rubbing off on your fingers. But I would imagine that would ruin the effect. Either way, great item. Now I know why I do not see more videos of people using this on models.

My little one loves this paint. She watches these animators on YouTube an they use it on their monster builds like catnap and those other from poppy playtime! IT really is dark! Its expensive though for sure! This was for small crafts, if you need a lot, good luck

This paint is fantastic to work with. It's smoother & easier to get the desired effect. There's literally no other ultra matte black paint that works as well. Other brands like Culture Hustle not only take 6+ months to arrive, they simply aren't as durable, nor are they as matte black. Musou is as good as it gets for readily available consumer paint of this type. I've used this through an airbrush and with a paint brush. Both work flawlessly. I cannot say the same for similar products like Black 3.0 or Black 4.0. Both of which are chunky. Those stay chunky even after using bearings & a paint mixer or even serious manual stirring. In contrast, Musou black is so easy, you just grab it, shake it, and get to work. No nonsense. If you ran out, just order more, it'll show up in a couple days *every time*! If you want a reliable supply of an incredibly matte black paint, this is 100% the paint for you.