sand and spinach

English

RAF Supermarine Spitfire in sand-and-spinach camouflage, 1941

Noun

sand and spinach (uncountable)

1. (military, colloquial) A form of camouflage in dull green and olive colours.
   • 2012, Stuart Slade, A Mighty Endeavor, page 81:

     He left to supervise the repainting of the Flying Fortress. It was already beginning to sport the British "sand and spinach" color scheme […]