In it, we learn that the aforementioned black paint from Ford had so much asphalt in it that black was the only color that would work. Not to go down a This Is Spinal Tap rabbit hole, but there ...

It was these drawbacks that led Stuart Semple to create his own incredibly black paint. Over the years, he’s refined the formula and improved its performance, steadily building a greater product ...

and – in the case of “Paint It Black” – a sitar. Though he had by no means mastered the sitar, Brian had at least realized how its sound could work within the Stones’ music.