The color was also cheaper to source, which, combined with its camouflage qualities, made it popular with troops such as the Confederate Forces in the 1860s, and the German Army between 1907 and 1945.

For instance, it can be used to make clothes change color and graphics depending ... to confirm it as an ideal means of camouflage for personnel and military equipment, including armored vehicles.

The Russian hi-tech holding Ruselectronics (part of the state-owned corporation Rostec) is developing a camouflage material that will help hide equipment from precision weapons by changing color ...