Traditional Camouflage Patterns and Prints

• Traditional camouflage patterns include forest, grass, woodland, and desert designs. Each pattern features colors of the surrounding area, while others combine color and repetitive prints designed to mimic natural features found in the landscape. Forest prints use shades of brown and green, along with bark, leaf and twig prints. Grass patterns use a combination of greens and browns in a repetitive grass print. Woodland camouflage utilizes color entirely, blending various shades of green, brown, and tan with black. Desert camouflage is made much the same way, utilizing the various shades of tan and brown found in the desert.
  
  

Specialized Camouflage

• Certain scenarios and terrains require a very specific type of camouflage. Blackout is widely used in law enforcement to allow agents to make their approach using shadows. A traditional blackout uniform consists of all-black utility pants, a long-sleeve black utility shirt, and black face cover. Snow camouflage requires a thicker lining for warmth and features an all-white suit, with light shades of gray blended in to mimic snowy terrains. Snow camouflage can also feature grayed-out rock and tree prints for hunting in snowy mountainous terrains. Hunter orange is designed as a safety feature. Some states require that a hunter wear some form of bright orange in order for other hunters in the party to recognize each other. Hunter orange is most commonly worn on hats, vests or jackets; however, entire camouflage patterns can be purchased that utilize traditional colors and prints with orange added in.
  
  

Digital Camouflage

• Digital camouflage was designed for the U.S. Military and comes in three distinct styles: forest, desert and urban. Each of the three designs features a computer-generated pixilated pattern of overlapping squares using traditional color schemes. Digital camouflage was designed to avoid detection by both the human eye and advance digital surveillance.
  
  

Multidimensional Camouflage

• Multidimensional camouflage is worn in conjunction with traditional or digital camouflage to add a sense of depth and movement. A Ghillie suit is a head-to-toe covering made up of either actual vegetation or a material designed to replicate it. This allows the individual to appear as part of the landscape, and go undetected even at short distances.