Perceptual Illusion

Camouflage is the use of some means to conceal something and/or obscures its appearance.

The most common camouflage ability by far is crypsis, or the ability to blend into the background, making the animal or object hard to see. This is fairly straightforward: by concealing outlines, shadows, behaviors, and other defining characteristics, the object becomes harder to distinguish from its surroundings,

Another similar ability is mimesis, which also conceals the object, but through disguising it as another harmless or unassuming object. Again, the object becomes difficult to distinguish among its surroundings.

The last, least common approach to camouflage is that of “motion dazzle,” which makes the object more visible, but harder to locate when moving quickly.