Teacherjh wrote:

I read somewhere that the standard camouflage (splotches of various greens) was
not as effective at hiding things as random sharp edges of contrasty colors.
It's anti-intuitive, and I don't have a picture of it, but maybe somebody else
remembers.

The eye tends to blend contrasting colors (eg. red and green) to brown. That
would be a good camouflage over a brown background.

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