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next generation digital camouflage™

Many proposed designs for urban cam­ouf­lage uniforms have in­corp­orat­ed hard, straight edges, in an attempt to mimic the artificial bound­aries found in urban terrain. Roggenwolf urban digital camouflage patterns, on the other hand, represent a departure from this con­ven­tion­al approach.

First and foremost, Roggenwolf urban digital camouflage patterns are designed to disrupt the familiar human shape. This dis­rup­tive ef­fect is achieved through the use of a strong macro­pattern.

Each Roggenwolf urban digital camouflage pattern in­corp­orates a macropattern that is composed of large, contrasting elements. The observer's eye is unconsciously drawn to the lighter areas and, since the brain interprets the difference between light and dark as a natural boundary, it is discouraged from 'put­ting together' the con­trast­ing areas and per­ceiv­ing a single object.

Still, a well-devised macropattern can do only so much; the choice and ar­range­ment of colours is also important. If the colours dis­play­ed in a camouflage pattern differ too much from the colours present in the immediate surroundings, the target shape can still be discerned and successful recognition shall occur.

To date, designs for urban camouflage uni­forms typically have used shades of grey, in hopes of creating a ‘universal’ palette that can work in a variety of urban locations. Roggenwolf urban digital camouflage patterns, on the other hand, again represent a departure from the con­ven­tion­al approach.

Appropriate colours help a cam­ouf­lage pattern to blend with its sur­round­ings, for which reason the colours displayed in an effective cam­ouf­lage pattern are usually derived from the colours that dominate any given tactical en­viron­ment. Unfortunately, there is no such thing as a ‘typical’ urban environment; so the colours used for Roggenwolf urban digital camouflage patterns have been based upon an under­stand­ing of the human visual system.

Although neutralised tints of desert pink, brick pink and light brick pink might seem extremely unlikely choices for any camouflage pattern, it should be noted that these colours are among the small group that apparently are difficult for the human eye to distinguish. This is especially true under mesopic and scotopic conditions, where vision is mitigated partially or wholly by photoreceptor cells known as rod cells. Under such lighting conditions, the peak sensitivity of the human eye shifts toward the blue end of the visible spectrum; colours from the red end of the spectrum appear less bright and are more difficult to discern.