![]() French light cruiser Gloire in dazzle camouflage, 1944.Īpplied chiefly to warships, dazzle camouflage is based on the idea that in the era of binoculars and aircraft there is little point trying to hide a warship at sea. Now, take this concept of being hard to see, imagine the complete opposite, and you have dazzle camouflage. (Source) British Army World War 1 observation post camouflaged as a tree. Swiss bunker camouflaged as a rocky outcrop. The point of camouflage is typically to avoid detection, whether it’s a warship painted grey, a bunker made to look like rocks, or an observation post disguised as a tree. When we think of camouflage, we might imagine a soldier’s uniform, patterned to help them hide in the forest, jungle, or snow. Let’s rewind to World War Two for a pictorial tour of three striking applications of shape and colour (and a fourth that’s more about invisibility but was too good to leave out). From graphic artists in England to dye makers in Japan, in the Second World War the use of colour in inventive (and at times quirky) ways was key to a surprisingly diverse range of activities. War may be a grim affair, but it’s not one which lacks stimuli for the senses.
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