Camotint

English

Alternative forms

• camotint

Etymology

Blend of camouflage +‎ tint, coined by inventor Sidney Cotton.

Noun

Camotint (uncountable)

1. (historical) Any of several pale camouflage colours used by the British Royal Air Force during World War II, especially Camotint green.
   • 1980, Chaz Bowyer, Supermarine Spitfire, page 43:

     Then an F.24 camera was installed in each wing, and the whole airframe painted in a pale duck-egg green 'Camotint' finish for 'invisibility.'

   • 2011, Jeffrey Watson, Sidney Cotton: The Last Plane Out of Berlin:

     But by the time it left Habbaniya it had been transformed into a civilian aircraft GAGAR and once again painted in the Camotint blue-green camouflage.

   • 2014, Dave Humphrey, Legends & Heroes - behind the lens, page 60:

     Then Niven took off on September 1 in a single-engined Beech 17 which had been painted in Camotint, and photographed Wilhelmshaven once more.

Derived terms

• Camotint green
• Camotint pink

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