Camouflage the peacock flounder, squid and octopus actively change their skin patterns and colours using special chromatophore cells to resemble their current background, or, as in most chameleons, for signalling. However, Smith's dwarf chameleon does use active colour change for camouflage. Each chromatophore contains pigment of only one colour. In fish and frogs, colour change is mediated by the type of chromatophores known as melanophores that contain dark pigment. A melanophore is star-shaped; it contains many small pigmented organelles which can be dispersed throughout the cell, or aggregated near its centre. When the pigmented organelles are dispersed, the cell makes a
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