A reanalysis of a 1919 study suggests that a separate illusion, the "horizon effect," played a bigger role in warping visual perception than dazzle paint. Reading time 3 minutes During World War I, ...

The effectiveness of the iconic dazzle camouflage used on British Royal Navy ships during the First World War could be “substantially overestimated”, according to a new study. Instead, the research, ...

A Ukrainian Small Armored Artillery Boat painted with what appears to be dazzle camouflage.Ukrainian Navy Ukraine's navy released images of vessels with what is likely a dazzle-camouflage paint job.

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During the First World War, British and US ships were painted in high contrast “dazzle” patterns, which were believed to confuse submariners aiming torpedoes at them by distorting the perception of ...

Ukraine's navy released images of vessels with what is likely a dazzle-camouflage paint job. It stems from a WWI-era tactic to make it harder for the enemy to gauge a ship's speed and direction. A ...