Camouflage is a form of visual deception ; the term probably comes from camouflet, a French term meaning smoke blown in someone's face as a practical joke.

Camouflage is not the only form of animal coloration that helps animals to survive or creates striking natural patterns.

Foremost among the camouflage, concealment and deception products is the Ultra Lightweight Camouflage Net System – ULCANS – which provides multi-spectral protection against visual, near infrared, thermal infrared and broadband radar detection.

* Camouflage is the use of visual or odour concealment to blend with the environment

The Improved Outer Tactical Vest ( IOTV ), here in Universal Camouflage Pattern, is issued to U. S. Army soldiers

* Camouflage as a form of visual deception is an essential part of military deception.

A 2nd Lieutenant is represented by one metal pip on each shoulder in case of " Khaki Uniform " and one four quadric printed star on the chest in case of Camouflage Combat Dress ( CCD ).

Camouflage is a type of disguise for people, animals and objects.

A variation of the Flecktarn camouflage is also used by the Russian Army and is called Sever ( Russian for " north ") sometimes also referred as Flectar-d, Japan's Type II Camouflage, and Type 03 Plateau camouflage is used by the Chinese military in Tibet and an urban variation is used by some police units in Poland.

MARPAT ( short for MARine PATtern ) is a digital camouflage pattern in use with the United States Marine Corps, introduced with the Marine Corps Combat Utility Uniform ( MCCUU ), which replaced the Camouflage Utility Uniform.

The neutral colors, foliage green and sand, are designed to be used in desert, woodland, and urban combat situations and is known as the Universal Camouflage Pattern ( UCP ).

The PASGT helmet is typically olive drab in color and can be fitted with cloth helmet covers, which come in a wide array of varying camouflage patterns, including, but not limited to, M81 Woodland, six-color desert, and three-color desert, solid black, for tactical police applications, as well as the U. S. Marine Corps's MARPAT and the U. S. Army's Universal Camouflage Pattern.

Camouflage is weakened by motion, but active camouflage could still make moving targets more difficult to see.

It is the successor to the Battle Dress Uniform ( BDU ) and Desert Camouflage Uniform ( DCU ) worn from the 1980s through the early 2000s.

Camouflage is one heavily utilised method, and involves the mimicking of the colour and patterns of the environment.

Loafing and Camouflage (/ L & C ) ( 1984 ) is a Greek cult comedy classic motion picture directed by Nikos Perakis.

Camouflage is a 2004 science fiction novel by Joe Haldeman.

Camouflage makeup is a much heavier pigmented form of concealer.

Midshipmen are also issued the Navy's old Green Woodland Camouflage Uniform, which is being phased out.

Camouflage is a German New Wave trio consisting of Marcus Meyn, Heiko Maile and Oliver Kreyssig.

This technique is called File Camouflage.

Camouflage of the dead leaf mantis makes it less visible to both its predators and prey.

* Digital Camouflage / Desert Camouflage: for the military

* MultiCam, a camouflage pattern used by the U. S. military ; also known as the Operation Enduring Freedom Camouflage Pattern ( OCP )

* Disruptive Pattern Camouflage, an Australian military camouflage pattern, see Disruptive Pattern Combat Uniform

Upon entering U. S military service in 1943 he requested to be assigned to the 603rd Engineers Camouflage Battalion, which took many artists.

DeLugg also wrote the theme music for other Barris projects including The $ 1. 98 Beauty Show, Camouflage ( where, in a throwback to an earlier era of game shows, the music was actually performed live by DeLugg and his band ), Leave It to The Women, Three's a Crowd, and The New Treasure Hunt.

Meanwhile, Thayer and Gerome Brush ’ s proposal for the use of countershading in ship camouflage was approved for use on American ships, and a handful of Thayer enthusiasts ( among them Barry Faulkner and other Thayer students ) recruited hundreds of artists to join the American Camouflage Corps.

Camouflage may enable snipe to remain undetected by hunters in marshland.

With the release of Camouflage, Khan was free to leave the group, and following her exit in early 1982, the remaining members of Rufus released what became their final studio album, Seal in Red in 1983 which, like their previous albums, went unnoticed.

** Telepathic Camouflage: Xavier can make others see him as someone else by manipulating and controlling the minds of others to make them see him with another appearance.

* 2004: Camouflage by Joe Haldeman and Not Before Sundown by Johanna Sinisalo

* M04 Camouflage pattern used by Finnish Defence Forces

* Optical Camouflage by the Tachi Lab in Japan

* Everybody's Free to Wear Camouflage ( 2000 ) ( CD Single ) written by ; Cat McLean, Don Novello and Narada Michael Walden, which was a top 20 hit in the UK.

During the winter of 1980, Barris attempted to rebuild by bringing back another game show that was not an original of his, Camouflage, in which contestants answered questions for the chance to locate a " hidden object " ( such as a toaster ) concealed within a cartoon-type drawing.

Six of Snafu's shorts actually end with him being killed due to his stupidity: Spies ( blown up by enemy submarine torpedoes ), Booby Traps ( blown up by a bomb hidden inside a piano ), The Goldbrick ( run over by an enemy tank ), A Lecture on Camouflage ( large enemy bomb lands on him ), Private Snafu vs. Malaria Mike ( malaria ), and Going Home ( run over by a street car ).

The cut song " Camouflage ", between Mame Dennis and Vera Charles before the discussion of whether Patrick could stay with Mame, was released on the 1999 CD release, performed by Jerry Herman and Alice Borden.

During this time it was published by Camouflage Associates.

Desert Battle Dress Uniform ( abbreviated DBDU, often called Chocolate-Chip Camouflage, Cookie Dough Camouflage, or the Six-Color Desert Pattern ) was the camouflage used by the United States Military during the Gulf War and in the early 1990s.

* Corsets to Camouflage: Women and War, published by Coronet, ISBN 0-340-82060-8

Camouflage paint was not formally introduced until July 1918, when German Army Order II, No 91 366, signed by General Erich Ludendorff on 7 July 1918, outlined official standards for helmet camouflage.