Camotint
English
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Etymology
Blend of camouflage + tint, coined by inventor Sidney Cotton.
Noun
Camotint (uncountable)
- (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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