From the French for "to disguise", it was "dazzle painting" to the British navy in WWI
[DOC] [TLE] Dazzle camouflage - Wikipedia [PAR] Dazzle camouflage, also known as razzle dazzle (US) or dazzle painting, was a 
family of ship camouflage used extensively in World War I, and to a lesser extent 
in World War II and afterwards.