(Teacherjh) wrote in message ...
I read somewhere that the standard camouflage (splotches of various greens) was
not as effective at hiding things as random sharp edges of contrasty colors.
It's anti-intuitive, and I don't have a picture of it, but maybe somebody else
remembers.

The Royal Navy used that method for ships. The random patterns and
contrasting colors made it difficult to identify a ship's type, speed
and course from a distance. I don't know if the same thing would
work on aircraft.

Here's an example of some schemes used in WWII :

http://www.steelnavy.com/images/WR_RN_CAMO2/sample2.jpg

These are pretty mild compared to some of the others I've seen (i.e.
black on white rectangles, triangles and big red circles).

John Galban=====N4BQ (PA28-180)