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Camotint
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English
Alternative forms
en camotint
Etymology
en camouflage tint, coined by inventor Sidney Cotton.
Noun
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en historical Any of several pale camouflage colours used by the British Royal Air Force during World War II, especially Camotint green.
en 1980 Chaz Bowyer Supermarine Spitfire 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.'
en 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.
en 2014 Dave Humphrey Legends & Heroes - behind the lens 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
en Camotint green
en Camotint pink
Anagrams
en acimnott comitant
en Colors