In 1940, WWII British Royal Navy Admiral Lord Mountbatten was escorting a convoy of supply ships in the Atlantic Ocean. While on the bridge one evening, he noticed that the ship furthest from the one he was on, appeared to disappear from view. He later learned that particular vessel was painted a lavender-grey colour – a hue that made it harder to detect the ship, both at dawn and dusk, due to the pinkish red glow flooding the ocean skies most mornings and evenings. Mountbatten felt this clever form of camouflage would give his ships an advantage over the enemy and promptly had his entire destroyer fleet painted the unconventional colour. Mountbatten Pink, as it would later be dubbed, was a mixture of medium grey and a touch of venetian red. Unfortunately, what Mountbatten failed to take into consideration, was that the pink colour made his ships more visible during daytime. Within two years the unique paint scheme was scrapped and the standard “battleship grey” was readopted.