WordNet
n. coloration making an organism less visible or attractive to predators
Usage examples of "protective coloration".
Stress, fatigue and fear had combined to rob him of his protective coloration.
The sand, what there was of it, was a gray-black, the woods a weathered brown, affording them protective coloration.
They would acknowledge their operancy in support of the idealistic proposal of their fellow researchers, and when they did my own protective coloration would be destroyed.
Scan the environment with their noses, and adjust the protective coloration for a potential predator's perspective?
Now the invaders, stripped of their protective coloration, were revealed for what they were: brutal imposters who had terrorized the land, using the Prince's illusions to mask their true identity while they put humanity to the sword.