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Originally Posted by Clint Mitchell
Dear Dénes, I am overwhelmingly apologetic, but I fear that I would be inclined to disagree with your current conclusion regarding the colour attribution of the light segments of the camouflage pattern depicted on the photo very kindly posted by Giampiero Piva, (thank you).
Your attribution of a sand like shade on this pre-war splinter pattern confuses me somewhat. I have always been led to believe in the past that such colourings would be more beneficial in concealing the aircraft in more sandy, desert like regions of the planet, closer to the equator perhaps and not in the more leafy, green and dark brown terrains much farther North. I would even dare to add that the inclusion of such a shade could perhaps be seen as being rather negligent of the fundamental practices of adequate aircraft camouflaging techniques. Which I'm sure had been thoroughly investigated by this point?
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Clint, you don't need to be overwhelmingly apologetic, we are here to share thoughts and ideas, even if they are conflicting. This works as long as one does not try to enforce his point of view on anothers. We don't have to necessarily agree, it's all fun, nothing bloody serious.
About the usage of the sand yellow/brown colour, it was extensively used in mid-1930s (even beyond) on various European military aircraft, like Czechoslovak, Swiss, Hungary (only recently proven), etc., nothing extraordinary here.