The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #155810   Message #3670258
Posted By: GUEST
18-Oct-14 - 12:17 PM
Thread Name: Black-faced Morris dancers
Subject: RE: Black-faced Morris dancers
The camouflage is to conceal that there is a face. 'Solid' black is to conceal the features of a face. With a single colour black is more effective than other colours because it makes the shadow lines less obvious. Real black faces are not so black.