camouflage

     

Camouflage is a metho of cryptic or concealing coloration that allows an otherwise visible organism or object to remain indiscernible from the surrounding environment through deception. Examples include a tiger's stripes and the battledress of a modern soldier. The theory of camouflage covers various strategies which are used.

Trivia about camouflage

  • (Sarah of the Clue Crew reads from the Maui Ocean Center.) To be hard to see from both above and below, many sharks have dark backs and paler bellies; this was named "counter-shading" by Abbot Thayer, an artist who helped the military develop this during World War I
  • From the French for "to disguise", soldiers wear this to conceal themselves from the enemy
  • From the French for "disguise", it's used by the military for concealing people or things from the enemy
  • In 19th c. India British troops dyed their white uniforms to blend with the dry earth, utilizing this 10-letter term
  • From the French for "to disguise", it was "dazzle painting" to the British navy in WWI
  • For the military, zoologist John Kerr developed the "dazzle paint" type of this, something animals also use

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