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2. Blacklight paint - Wikipedia

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   Luminous ink under ultraviolet light Fluorescent paintings lit by black light. Black light paint or black light fluorescent paint is luminous paint that glows under a black light. It is based on pigments that respond to light in the ultraviolet segment of the electromagnetic spectrum. The paint may or may not be colorful under ordinary light.

3. Luminous paint - Wikipedia

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   Fluorescent body paint under a black light. Fluorescent paints 'glow' when exposed to short-wave ultraviolet (UV) radiation. These UV wavelengths are found in sunlight and many artificial lights, but the paint requires a special black light to view so these glowing-paint applications are called 'black-light effects'.

4. Day-Glo Color Corp. - Wikipedia

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   By mixing these compounds with shellac, they invented the first black light fluorescent paints. [3] Joseph used these paints in his amateur magic show and sold magic kits based on the black light fluorescent costumes they created. [3] The brothers established the Fluor-S-Art Co. in 1934 to develop and sell black light paints for advertising ...

5. Bob Switzer - Wikipedia

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   Co-inventor of the first black light fluorescent paint Robert C. Switzer (19 May 1914 – 20 August 1997) was an American inventor, businessman and environmentalist. Switzer was co-inventor of the first black light fluorescent paint along with his brother Joseph Switzer and the inventor of the Magnaglo process for nondestructive flaw-detection ...

6. Blacklight - Wikipedia

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   Fluorescent body paint. Paints and decorations that fluoresce under blacklight are used in theater and several art forms. Uranium glass glows under UV light. Blacklight is used to illuminate pictures painted with fluorescent colors, particularly on black velvet, which intensifies the illusion of self

7. Phosphorescence - Wikipedia

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   Everyday examples of phosphorescent materials are the glow-in-the-dark toys, stickers, paint, and clock dials that glow after being charged with a bright light such as in any normal reading or room light. Typically, the glow slowly fades out, sometimes within a few minutes or up to a few hours in a dark room. [further explanation needed] [5]