Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 37, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 January 1905 — Colors That Are Not Easy to See. [ARTICLE]

Colors That Are Not Easy to See.

What color is least easily seen at a distance? One 'would naturally say some dull neutral tint, a somber gray or brown. This has been the conclusion of most military men, and our own brilliant dress uniforms have given way for practical campaigning to khaki and other dull col ors. Is this a mistake? Possibly so, according to the results obtained in recent experiments in England. It has been found there that masses of dull color are very much more conspicuous at a distance than mixtures of bright tints. For instance, a battery of field artillery whose carriages and caissons were decorated with stripes of red, blue and yellow could be made out with difficulty at a thousand yards, while other batteries painted a uniform brown or drab were easily seen at great distances. It would seem as if, on the same principle, a regiment of gayly dressed troops might be less easily visible than one wholly garbed in dull-colored khaki.—“ Success.”