Camouflage there is no background, the principal methods of camouflage are transparency, silvering, and countershading, while the ability to produce light is among other things used for counter-illumination on the undersides of cephalopods such as squid. Some animals, such as chameleons and octopuses, are capable of actively changing their skin pattern and colours, whether for camouflage or for signalling. It is possible that some plants use camouflage to evade being eaten by herbivores. Military camouflage was spurred by the increasing range and accuracy of firearms in the 19th century. In particular the replacement of the inaccurate musket with the rifle made
Swiss Military TAZ 90 camouflage Swiss Military TAZ 90 camouflage Taz 90 (fr:TASS 90, Swiss Woodland) is the camouflage patterns for current standard issue battledress and service dress uniform of the Swiss Armed Forces. The four-colour pattern consists of tan, brown, green and black and is a development of the "Taz 57" and "Taz 83" (the "Alpenflage") patterns which it replaced in the early 1990s. Even so, the pattern is based on the alpenflage, but with the deletion of the white spots and the red colour found in the alpenflage, along with minor changes. It is planned to equip the Swiss Armed Forces with new