Electronic paint job

The electronic paint job activation button on the helmet Wasp put on Bumblebee.

Useful for infiltration and espionage, an electronic paint job is a technological innovation developed by Wheeljack that allows a Transformer to alter their coloration as circumstances dictate. As such, it is popular with fugitives and spies.

Fiction

Animated cartoon

Wasp utilized an electronic paint job when he infiltrated the Autobot base in Detroit and switched places with Bumblebee. Once he was discovered, he blew out the lights to cover his escape. In the dark, Wasp deactivated Bumblebee's electrostatic paint job, turning him back to yellow. Mistaking him for Wasp, Bulkhead pounded on Bumblebee and ripped off his helmet. Prowl discovered the electrostatic paint job button on the helmet and pressed it, turning Bumblebee green then yellow again. Where Is Thy Sting?

Shockwave later revealed that his coloration while posing as Longarm Prime was a electronic paint job, hiding his true (purple) colors during his extended infiltration of the Autobot ranks. This Is Why I Hate Machines

Revenge of the Fallen

Ironhide "engaged camouflage", which caused him to change color leaving him with a white stripe pattern. Cyber Missions 2

Wings Universe

A Team Effort

Notes

• The electronic paint job used by Wasp is push-button activated.