My point was that what they've done up in Liverpool is hideous, in the name of 'modern art'. I'm sure any gunnery officer would have given orders to 'shoot at that ruddy coloured thing over there!'
Agreed, but one problem is that to hit the hideously decorated eyesore at any distance you need to get its range, if it moves under all that paint, you have to plot it to guess where your shells should be landing. Another problem is that colour photography did not exist during WW1, so all of the coloured pictures are at best B/W with colour added later, with unknown accuracy but probably much closer that the modern "artist".
I can only hope that the gunnery officer could be persuaded to direct his attention to the present day artist. With the reputation of RN gunnery officers, this could involve either shellfire or cannibalism. Since I am more inclined to believe the artists of the day, either outcome would be satisfactory.