Dazzle camouflage
Camuflaje disruptivo
- Date
- 1917 · confidence high
- Place
- London, England, United Kingdom
- Credited to
- Norman Wilkinson
- Field
- Conflict
What it is
Norman Wilkinson proposed painting ships with high-contrast geometric patterns, not to hide them but to make it hard for submarines to judge their true course and speed.
What it led to
- Adoption by the Royal Navy and the US Navy
- Use in World War II
- Influence on Cubist and Vorticist art
- Research on visual perception of movement