HISTORY OF CAMOUFLAGE

WHAT IS CAMOUFLAGE

• It is a material with different patterns
• Used in the military and during hunting
• Colors are different shapes and sizes
• A camouflage unit of designers were made up of camofleurs
• camofleurs were artist & designers in their civilian lives

PLAIN CAMO

• First used to be less visible
• Usually brown or olive green
• Not very good at hiding

CAMO WAS DEVELOPED IN THE 20TH CENTURY

• It came from a french expression "puffing smoke"
• It was designed to hide from the enemy with a blend of colors
• It was a cryptic pattern
• It was to distort the vision of the silhouette by blending in with the environment

ANDRÉ MARE WAS THE FIRST TO USE CAMOUFLAGE SCHEMES

COLORS

• Started with blue in 1898
• Then brown khaki for the summer of 1902
• Then for the winter they adopted a dull greenish brown
• It is a combination of 4-6 colors

DIGITAL CAMOUFLAGE

• Used squares and patterns of different colors to break up the silhouette

ANOTHER FORM OF CAMO

THE CLOTHING IS DESIGNED TO BLEND IN WITH THE ENVIRONMENT

EARLY VERSIONS

• Experimented in 1940 with camouflage patterns
• Marines experimented with green & brown frog patterns in 1943
• Navy seals wore Tigerstripe in 1965
• In 1970 the four color pattern was black brown green & kahki
• it was known as M81 woodland and was authorized for all branches

MODERN CAMOUFLAGE

• A lot of work goes into the design of modern camouflage
• The clothing for the military is also fire resistant
• There is even a night version available
• It is now called SpeCam