Salt Lake Telegram | 1918-02-28 | Page 6 | Why France Uses "Horizon Blue"

WHY FR FRANCE NCE USES HORIZON BLUE I Our khaki suits are aregood good But ho blue the color which the IF i I F French use for foi their uniforms is sal said d i to be better still Against certain backgrounds it is altogether invisible J from a distance The reason for this j jis II is that it is the color of distance ex explains explains plains Popular Science Monthly Month An AnI I artist painting a landscape puts his I objects back by washing them I over with a mixture of white and blue bluethe the horizon blue This makes it appear appear appear ap- ap apI I pear as if there were air between the I objects and our ey eyes s so that that the ob obI objects objects ob- ob themselves appear inc indistinct I IThe I The uniforms of horizon blue make I the wearers appear it if not actually a apart apart apart part of the landscape at least considerably considerably con con- I further away away- than they are And since a man is recognized d by his i shape rather than by his color the blending of his hii clothes with the color of the horizon helps his camon camou camouflage flage flag considerably I