NIVO, abbreviated from Night Invisible Varnish Orfordness (or "Night Varnish Orfordness"),[2] was a dark grey-green overall finish applied to Britishnight bomber aircraft in the inter-war period (1918-1939).
Developed in 1918 by the experimental station at Orford Ness, as a low-visibility colouring for the Royal Air Force it had a sheen to match that of open water on a moonlit night.[3]
By the mid 1930s, tests had determined that the varnish was too reflective when searchlights were shone on it.[3] NIVO was phased out in the late 1930s, and had been discontinued by the time of the arrival of the new British medium bombers - the Vickers Wellington, Handley Page Hampden and Armstrong Whitworth Whitley.
NIVO is covered by Federal Standard 595 colour FS:34096[4][5]
Referencesedit
^"Federal Standard 595 Color FS 34096". IPMSStockholm.org. IPMS Stockholm. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
^Kinsey, Gordon (1 March 1992). Boulton & Paul Aircraft. Terence Dalton Limited. p. 172. ISBN978-0861380855.
^ abRichardson, Doug (11 October 2001). Stealth Warplanes: Deception, Evasion, and Concealment in the Air. Zenith Press. pp. 15–16. ISBN0-7603-1051-3.
^"Urban's Colour Reference Charts". IPMSStockholm.org. IPMS Stockholm. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
^. vicflintham.co.uk. Archived from the original on 23 October 2013.
December 20, 2023
nivo, abbreviated, from, night, invisible, varnish, orfordness, night, varnish, orfordness, dark, grey, green, overall, finish, applied, british, night, bomber, aircraft, inter, period, 1918, 1939, colour, coordinateshex, triplet, 404735srgbb, cielchuv, source. NIVO abbreviated from Night Invisible Varnish Orfordness or Night Varnish Orfordness 2 was a dark grey green overall finish applied to British night bomber aircraft in the inter war period 1918 1939 NIVO Colour coordinatesHex triplet 404735sRGBB r g b 64 71 53 HSV h s v 83 25 28 CIELChuv L C h 29 12 104 SourceFederal Standard 595 1 B Normalized to 0 255 byte NIVO finished Vickers Vimy serial F8614 at the RAF Museum LondonDeveloped in 1918 by the experimental station at Orford Ness as a low visibility colouring for the Royal Air Force it had a sheen to match that of open water on a moonlit night 3 It was applied to aircraft from 1918 and was used on the Vickers Virginia Handley Page Hyderabad Handley Page Hinaidi Handley Page Heyfords and Fairey Hendon bombers By the mid 1930s tests had determined that the varnish was too reflective when searchlights were shone on it 3 NIVO was phased out in the late 1930s and had been discontinued by the time of the arrival of the new British medium bombers the Vickers Wellington Handley Page Hampden and Armstrong Whitworth Whitley NIVO is covered by Federal Standard 595 colour FS 34096 4 5 References edit Federal Standard 595 Color FS 34096 IPMSStockholm org IPMS Stockholm Retrieved 18 January 2022 Kinsey Gordon 1 March 1992 Boulton amp Paul Aircraft Terence Dalton Limited p 172 ISBN 978 0861380855 a b Richardson Doug 11 October 2001 Stealth Warplanes Deception Evasion and Concealment in the Air Zenith Press pp 15 16 ISBN 0 7603 1051 3 Urban s Colour Reference Charts IPMSStockholm org IPMS Stockholm Retrieved 18 January 2022 British Military Colours 1940 to date vicflintham co uk Archived from the original on 23 October 2013 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title NIVO amp oldid 1186951566, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
