Is black really that bad?

[TPI]

Not even the Clothing line?

 

[Airsoft-Ed]

Shut up Craig <_<

 

[Ian_Gere]

Ian, stop being so pedantic lol.

The phrase means things like foliage and things you'd try and blend in with. So basically anything, apart from buildings, other man made stuff, animals, and other people.

You're not going to try and blend in with a Puma...

My point, Ed, is that black clothing is no more "black" than anything else which is black, like deep shadow, which includes that found in forests as well as buildings. So 'koff!

 

[Jubigala]

Camo is only useful if you have the movement, stealth and concealment skills, first and foremost. The camo just tricks the eye. The less movement you make, the less you will be spotted. Stay out of eye level view, and stay in the blind spots of the eye.

Black camo works, as long as you stay out of typical lines of 'sight' and remain stationary as much as possible. The brain is programmed to recognise human form. Black promotes human form. Nothing black that moves, is natural apart from a few hunting cats (panthers, pumas) which use speed rather than stealth.

Remember your colours. You have primary, secondary and tertiary. Khaki or Olive Green would be much better, as those colours are secondary, possibly tertiary, meaning that the blend of colours to make it, make it more natural to the eye. The reason why DPM and those types of camo work is because it uses secondary and tertiary blends. It takes the brain and eye much longer to recognise blends of colour than the one colour. Tell me how many colours multicam is, and you will not be able to in time before being shot.

Anything solid and primary colour, or pure black/pure white will just make you look like a pop tart on a thermal scope, unless you are extremely good at mimicking shadows and light, rather than human form.

 

[Ian_Gere]

Cammouflage is much more complex than its' colouration, and it involves more than pattern recognition also, for eg depth perception is skewed by a reversal of expected highlight and shadow which forms the base of many animal's fur/hair - so that bellies can be pure white even though that colour is never seen. There is also speculation that the celtic use of blue woad and going into battle naked in their paint may have acted in a similar way - i forget the deets now, but that shade of blue is difficult for the eye/brain to process against backgrounds accurately. It's counter-intuitive though, eh? You'd imagine that wearing blue camo in daylight conditions would make you stand out like the taliban at a gay pride march, but maybe not...

Anyhoo, I'm not getting my black loadout with camouflage in mind primarily, even though i expect it to be effective at night, but rather for the aggressive & cool look. I'm going to get an assault hood for my S10 too!

 

[jcheeseright]

I'm going to get an assault hood for my S10 too!

Prepare to sweat to death.

 

[Ian_Gere]

Prepare to sweat to death.

Yeah, that is going to be an issue. I'm finding the Viper black UBACS I bought pretty warm to wear on its own. I think I may end up putting some black velcro on the sleeves of a black mesh Bauer ice hockey shirt I have and wearing that under my RICAS