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Examples of hardest to find colour-pattern combinations in deciduous woodland University of Bristol University of Bristol University of Bristol
A new method, developed by scientists at the University of Bristol can determine the optimal colouration pattern to cover an object in order to make it as visible or concealed as possible, in any given environment.
And in doing so can help to provide insights into how animal colouration has evolved.
The authors, all members of the University’s CamoLab, believe that their new method, dubbed The Camouflage Machine, can be very useful for evolutionary biologists trying to understand how colouration evolved and can also explain trade-offs between concealment or highly conspicuous colours – for example warning colouration or sexual displays.