NIVO

NIVO: NIVO

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Hex triplet #414C41

RGB^B (r, g, b) (65, 76, 65)

HSV (h, s, v) (120°, 14.5%, 29.8^[1]%)

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NIVO, abbreviated from Night Invisible Varnish Orfordness, was a dark green overall finish applied to British night bomber aircraft in the inter-war period (1918-1939).

The finish was devised as a low-visibility colouring for the Royal Air Force's heavy night bomber force and was applied to Vickers Virginias, Handley Page Hyderabads and Hinaidis, Handley Page Heyfords and Fairey Hendons.

NIVO was phased out in the late 1930s, and had been discontinued by the time of the arrival of the then-new Vickers Wellingtons, Handley Page Hampdens and Armstrong Whitworth Whitleys.

References

Richardson, Doug (2001). Stealth Warplanes: Deception, Evasion, and Concealment in the Air. Zenith Imprint. pp. 15–16. ISBN 0760310513. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=qZlrReU-cMkC&pg=PT15&lpg=PT16&ots=Nr60kG-6_9&dq=nivo+bomber+raf&output=html.

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