Man, someone has to explain to me all the different shades of black here:
- Tactical black: Super black and glossy.
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- Enigma Black: I assume is pic below, so a shade lighter than Tactical Black with, uhm, medium gloss?
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- Enigma Gray: As Norbauer said, Enigma black but lighter, so I assume it's something like the below Space Gray iPhone?
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- Singularity Black: I'm not entirely what "black version of Space Station white" means here, because that sounds like Tactical Black to me (Super black, super glossy).
Just a bit confused, is all. Thanks.
Hehe. Yeah, sorry, but everything you said above is wrong. I apologize for the confusion, but I’m only offering so many black colors because people have actually specifically asked for each one of them.
Let me try to clarify.
the new Singularity Black: this is black, opaque, and fairly glossy. It is what most people think of when they think of “black powder coat.” If you got a black filing cabinet or any piece of old office furniture, it would probably be a finish similar to this.
Enigma black: this is black powder coat with a gentle speckled texture, creating a fairly matte appearance
Royal Wrinkle black: this is black powder coat with a more noticeable texture, which takes the form of tiny wrinkles rather than specks, also creating a fairly matte appearance.
Tactical black: this is just black anodizing of a bead-blasted surface; it is NOT glossy at all. It is like Apple space gray if you darkened the dye from 75% black (or whatever it is) to 100%. If it looks glossy in some of the photos, it is just the result of how my bright studio lights play against the surface of the metal. The finely bead-blasted texture of the surface of the tactical black case makes it diffuse light pretty well and thus not appear glossy.