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September 21st 03, 02:55 PM
David G. Bell
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On Sunday, in article
"Mark Cherry" wrote:
So my basic point is, "who's to say what colour the sea should be?"
There's actually a relationship between sea colour and sky colour, which
is partly why the Grey Funnel Line uses grey.
In WW2 over the North Atlantic, the long-range anti-sub patrols used
planes painted mostly white, with only the top of the wings and fuselage
camouflaged. From a ship or a U-boat the white reflected the sea colour
and blended with the cloudy sky.
And it's not easy to see white against a clear sky.
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