Electronic paint job

A electronic paint job is a technology in the Animated continuity.

Useful for infiltration and espionage, an electronic paint job is a technological innovation 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. This allowed him to work quickly, and easily make his escape once the ruse was discovered. 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

Notes

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