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2. Luminous paint - Wikipedia

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   Fluorescent paint is available in a wide range of colors and is used in theatrical lighting and effects, posters, and as entertainment for children. The fluorescent chemicals in fluorescent paint absorb the invisible UV radiation, then emit the energy as longer wavelength visible light of a particular color. Human eyes perceive this light as ...

3. 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 ...

4. 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.

5. Optical brightener - Wikipedia

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   Laundry detergent fluorescing under ultraviolet light. Optical brighteners, optical brightening agents (OBAs), fluorescent brightening agents (FBAs), or fluorescent whitening agents (FWAs), are chemical compounds that absorb light in the ultraviolet and violet region (usually 340-370 nm) of the electromagnetic spectrum, and re-emit light in the blue region (typically 420-470 nm) through the ...

6. Bob Switzer - Wikipedia

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   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 in machined parts.

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