The ships (used during WW-1) used this coloring scheme (see examples below) after the Allied Navy's failure to develop effective means to disguise ships in all weather. I should mention that the colors were bright and bold (but shown in black & white here). What was the reason/logic behind it? Bonus points for providing the name for it.
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May be its some psychology funda, where a pattern or stripped colour scheme along with the motion of the ship, hampers the perceptual ability of a shooter trying to aim at the object (ship in this case)...
Something to do with the fact that now the reflection of light off the ship wont be consistent because of the stripes (the colors cancel each other out to produce black?).
My wild guess at the name is Zebra camouflage.
camouflage? I am not sure what the reason behind this is since it seems to make the ship more easy to spot. It is definitely not concealment! Maybe it makes it harder for enemy radar to predict velocity of ship...
to confuse the enemy whether its a war ship or not?
It's called the Dazzle Camouflage. Dazzle did not conceal the ship but made it difficult for the enemy to estimate its type, size, speed and heading. The idea was to disrupt the visual rangefinders used for naval artillery. Its purpose was confusion rather than concealment. Congrats to Ankur & Rahul! Nikhil & Gypsy had good guesses.
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