Another option is to buy black, then paint it (yes, you can paint soft materials/fabrics like magazine pouches, plate carriers, chest rigs, etc.). I painted my rifle using foliage from around my yard and surrounding area as a stencil. I then used colors that are commonly found around here; medium/dark greens, medium/dark browns. And the same can be done with fabrics. Just make sure to buy a paint that's meant for fabrics for best results. Then, you can paint it to match your surroundings using the colors that are most commonly found around you.
I always keep in mind Disney's "go away green" they've done studies that prove human eyes tend to skip right over green so disney paints buildings and doors an olive green color to avoid taking focus from the prettier stuff in the parks. I prefer ranger green and OD or a mix of coyote brown and OD. Grass is green, swampy areas are greenish with moss, woods have brush and shrubs that are green. Environment and mission dictates camo choices
Ike he said, I also can't think of any green prey animals, they are almost always tan or brown. Natural selection doesn't lie. Something to think about.
@@momsberettas9576 Mammals can't produce green fur because of the chemical makeup of hair. There are green animals though such as snakes, lizards, insects, birds and fish. The colors are heavily dictated by the environment they live in of course. Sloths form a symbiotic relationship with an algae species that turn their fur into a greener shade for camouflage purposes in the tree canopies they live in. Also black is the most used color for camouflage patterns in nature.
From a therapeutic standpoint, green is also an anxiolytic color, meaning it has a common effect observed when individuals are exposed to natural environments in treatments like nature therapy. This makes sense with what you and others have said in that the eyes generally gloss over pigments in the green color, as we haven't evolved to identify green objects; particularly darker green objects, as a threat as generally they are associated with foliage of fauna. Pair that with a lack of movement and it's hard to notice unless you've been trained to do so; even in environments where colors like OD or ranger green aren't ideal.
I live in Colorado which is a VERY diverse state in terms of wilderness and landscape. We have everything from dead grass meadows to evergreen forests to slate grey mountains and right back to tan mesas and clay hills. And even then all those colors shift throughout Fall and Winter and back into Summer. Despite that, I think that tan is the most prominent color found here, especially considering dead grass and leaves are the most common for the majority of the year. I think I will go with mixing and matching tan and multicam for my future kit. Thanks for the insight!
I worked a hay farm in Colorado on the plains every summer and it always gets me how many people think the entire state is Estes Park wooded greens lol
"Never seen a green animal" Yeah, about that... ever wonder why a tiger is bright orange? Most mammals can only see in dichromatic, so they can see blues and greens but not reds... or orange. To them, the orange blends in with the greens, so an orange tiger will blend in against the very green background. Ranger green is a very valid color choice, but with any choice you make it will depend on where you live. Mixing things up is a good idea as well.
My biggest issue is my environment has a lot of different colors I have a tan carrier but I use multicam attachments to it to kind of break up the color if you will
"black isnt found in nature"......... obsidian, coal, char and ash, some soils, black bears, panthers, tigers, leopards, some wolves, mink, black birds, black berries, certain flowers.......shadows
@@IncredulousIndividual black works as camo in certain environments. A straight black...not very good. Black splotches on other colors breaks up pattern and creates the illusion of depth.
Your Comment is the equivalent of saying because gold exists in nature you should dress up in shiny gold camo to blend in. You do realize virtually none of the things you listed exist and amounts large enough that you can blend in with them? A big black blob will always draw the human eye in any environment. I don't know where you live but I didn't realize there were towering deposits of obsidian everywhere that you could blend in with LOL. But sure dress up in Black and go hide behind a black bear or panther and tell me how it turns out. Or a couple of sparse black flowers. XD
@@momsberettas9576 no, that's not what I said. It's a response that black is found in nature, to the proclamation made that it is not. A little bit of Black in a pattern is useful for some environments. M81, tigersteipe and Dpm work quite well in the settings they were designed for. The issue is straight black creates silhouettes. That doesn't mean black doesn't have it's place, namely in heavy vegetative environments.
@@IncredulousIndividual no. He says it doesn't exist; yet there are many things that fit that criteria that do. That not a whataboutism. Obviously, we can see that black coloration; much like some animals having reddish shades of fur occurs more often with animals in heavily vegetative environments.
In a "grey man" situation where it hasn't hit the fan yet, you won't be wearing armor plates in public, and if you do, you'll likely want a jacket or windbreaker to cover / conceal what you are wearing. The advice in the video stands. In a truly urban shtf, get out of the city asap. Blend in and move out fast. Make a plan now and preposition gear on your route or at the bug out location if possible.
@@momsberettas9576 there are many reptiles, amphibians and insects that are green. Green works in the right setting. Idk, green worked in WW2, korea, vietnam, cold war. I wore woodland my first 4 years and it worked well in woodland environments.