I read somewhere that ninjas (like, actual peasant spy shinobi in Japanese history) didn’t wear straight black outfits since night time isn’t necessarily black. Instead they used dark blues and greens to blend in not just in NO light, but in LOW light, where pure black would end up stsnding out.
They often dressed in just regular people clothes too because the whole point was to blend in to the surroundings.
The whole black ninja outfit is a bit of a misunderstanding. In kabuki theater stage hands who move scenery and set pieces around wear what we now see as a “ninja outfit” to signify that they aren’t characters in the scene. So they cleverly have ninja characters wear the same outfit to suggest that they are invisible. This is a costuming convention, not an actual depiction of ninja would have worn.
A bit more about this: https://www.ndl.go.jp/kaleido/e/entry/33/3.html
Neat! That bit of knowledge I hadn’t heard or seen before, but it totally makes sense where the idea of the all black kitted ninja came from.
This has why my grey cat is a way better hider than my black cat.
At twilight she can be damn near invisible, meanwhile he’s a shadow with two glowing eyes.
That’s what I think would work.
This reminds me of an anecdote my old marine friend used to think was some big gotcha “ha ha science man dumb”
Said we spent millions to developer a pen that would work in space. Russians just used pencils.
Wasn’t until a year or two later I learned why NASA never did that, cause the carbon dust shorted out critical electronics.
Dude also made the joke about “they taught us not to piss on our hands.” No wonder we’re not friends any more.
Its a good thing it will never have to land.
YOU MANIACS
