Dazzle camouflage used by navy in WWI had surprisingly little impact, study suggests - Separate ‘horizon effect’ played much ...

The study, published last week by Aston University researchers in the journal i-Perception, recreated one of the few solid ...

A reanalysis of a 1919 study suggests that a separate illusion, the "horizon effect," played a bigger role in warping visual ...

The history of military aircraft and ship camouflage shows how it has evolved ... naval ships have featured the color grey for decades. The U.S. Navy was already considering camouflaging its ...

Turns out, dazzle camouflage wasn’t the main reason enemy subs were misled in World War I, it was a natural visual illusion called the “horizon effect.” Aston University scientists revisited a century ...

A new analysis of 105-year-old data on the effectiveness of 'dazzle' camouflage on battleships in World War I has found that while dazzle had some effect, the 'horizon effect' had far more influence ...

Wilkinson’s camouflage was also rolled out across Britain’s merchant fleet. It also impressed the American Navy, who applied it to their own ships. One US newspaper described their fleet as a ...