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El Santo
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USN "Dull Black"

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Does anybody know whether Dull Black, the darkest of the US Navy's World War II camouflage colors, was "dull" in the sense of having a matte finish in contrast to the semigloss of the other colors, or whether it was "dull" in the sense of having a muted appearance, and being therefore more the darkest practicable gray rather than a true black?
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Re: USN "Dull Black"

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It was not true black as in Munsell neutral 0. It was a very, very dark gray similar to modern aircraft interior "black".
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