Sentence examples for camouflage function from inspiring English sources

In some cases there is an obvious camouflage function, but in most others the significance of the colours is unclear.

The species Timema cristinae exhibits both striped and unstriped populations depending on the host plant, a form of polymorphism that clearly illustrates the camouflage function of the stripe.

Colours that probably have a camouflage function, for instance the brown-green back plumage in most of the studied species, may show high variability if the background against which they have to blend is highly heterogeneous [12], [47].

Truebalance shoes, which camouflage their function with what marketing materials call "hidden toning technology" inside the shoe, are being introduced with two models that retail for $110 and $90.

Disruptive patterns, frequently a part of camouflage coloration, serve the function of visual disruption by forming a pattern that does not coincide with the contour and outline of the body (see photograph).

Despite its traditional function, to disguise, camouflage was impossible to miss on the autumn/winter catwalks and on the attendees of the spring/summer shows currently in full swing.

"The most important function of camouflage is not to make you look like a tree, it is to break up the human silhouette," J. R. Miglautsch, the editor of Whitetail.com, noted recently in an online essay.

The differences between the color vision of humans and the animals that the color patterns are directed toward could mean the difference between assuming an animal that is "brightly" colored is conspicuous, possibly attempting to attract a mate, and that the colors function as camouflage (Marshall 2000).

Vision is the main sense of orientation in humans, and the primary function of camouflage is to deceive the human eye.

Counterillumination camouflage is the likely function of the bioluminescence of many marine organisms, though light is also produced to attract or to detect prey and for signalling.

The melanophores turn dark when illuminated and light in darkness; they probably function as camouflage, says Foster.